Yup!

One related use case is when everyone in a meeting prefers policy X to policy Y, although each are a little concerned about one possible problem. Going around the room and asking everyone how likely they think X is to succeed produces estimates of 80%, so, having achieved consensus, they adopt X.

But, if people had mentioned their particular reservations, they would have noticed they were all different, and that, once they'd been acknowledged, Y was preferred.

Even if they both equally strongly believe X, it makes sense for them to talk whether they both used the same evidence or different evidence.

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Of course.

I agree that

"Interesting point. I'm not entirely clear how you arrived at that position. I'd like to look up some detail questions on that. Could you provide references I might look at?"

doesn't make clear that the other holds another position and that the reply may just address the validity of the evidence.

But even then shouldn't you see it at least as weak evidence and thus believe X at least a bit more strongly?