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I feel like that depends on the specific issue and social dynamic between the individuals. e.g. two people can talk each other into getting really fucking drunk or do a stupid dare. People might pretend to know more than they do, refuse to back down on a point because of pride, reach a compromise that's worse than what either of the two think/do would do on their own.
If they can mostly avoid these, they can absolutely become smarter than either of them alone by combining their knowledge, thinking things through that they otherwise wouldn't etc.
Personally, when it comes to artistic endeavors, I work way more efficiently when I'm working with others instead of alone. Similar dynamic can emerge when you're discussing some kind of issue.
Science is that. Right?
A really careful, formal way to talk about what you see. A really careful, formal way for us to talk about that with each other.
And combined into a society of scientists that way, we overcome our individual limitations to achieve something superior.
Maybe the ideal forum software would be a kind of mechanized science.