irreconcilable difference

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Note that this irreconcilable difference between functionalist and causal theories has nothing to do with intelligence, natural or artificial.

From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023

Despite one important irreconcilable difference, Darryl and White Josh really were a great couple, so it’s hard to blame anyone for wanting them to reunite.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2018

Kilmartin says he filed a petition with the court Tuesday to resolve the irreconcilable difference.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2018

The public relations expert, who has been on a leave absence since complaints first emerged, added: “it is abundantly clear that an irreconcilable difference has arisen between the FitzGibbon team and me”.

From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2015

In the next place, Mr. Kane's interposition had produced an irreconcilable difference of opinion between the civil and the military authority.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 by Various