I'm thinking of the main resolution point...defeating the Dark One. The entire premise is that the prison on the Dark One is flawed. There was a hole poked in the prison, and the fix was inadequate to the task long term.
You spoke about how the experiences/wisdom/thoughts/whatever of others was being forced onto some....but they found that 3rd "alternate" synthesis. We see that the Aes Sedai (and specifically Egwene) thought that Rand breaking the seals was crazy. People were freaked out and very dubious of the plan, but Rand pushed ahead and people fell into line.
Well, that idea wasn't from Rand. He got the thought from one of Min's philosophy books...one of the books she got from that little, somewhat crazy philosopher guy at the school. So that 3rd synthesis wasn't so much a product of discounting the conventional thought of the day, as it was being innovative in creating a solution.
~Jeordam
Saving the Princess, Humanity, or the World-Entire since 1985