# Forced To Take a Position The concept of being "forced to take a position" stems from seeking good [Explanations](Explanations.md)[^1]. It occurs when you encounter a [Problem](Problem.md) where you have two (or more) [Incompatible](Incompatible.md) ideas. Let's call them $A$ and $B$. They both cannot be true at the same time. In order to achieve a good explanation, you *must pick one*. You are *forced to take a position*, if you wish to generate a good explanation. Being forced to take a position is effectively a type of [Constraint](Constraints%20are%20Foundational.md) on explanation. If you wish to arrive a good final explanation, it cannot include that $A$ and $B$ are both true. That would make it a *bad* explanation, for it would be logically impossible to be a true explanation (remember, $A$ and $B$ were [Incompatible](Incompatible.md)). --- Date: 20241112 Links to: [Logical Consistency Forces Taking a Position](Logical%20Consistency%20Forces%20Taking%20a%20Position.md) Tags: References: * []() [^1]: One example of being forced to take a position is if you want you argument to be [Logically Consistency](Logical%20Consistency.md), for [Logical Consistency Forces Taking a Position](Logical%20Consistency%20Forces%20Taking%20a%20Position.md).