Those Who Disagree Can Make Us Smarter
Do you go out of your way to read/listen to people who disagree with you? If not, consider doing so. It can make you smarter. Not only can it make you smarter, but it can help you to sidle up a little closer to the truth. You know "truth" right? It's the opposite of "false." These days it's important to bring up the distinction. Too many of us not only pay no attention to it, but outright reject it. Rather than true/false, they prefer "whatever" will give them the upper hand. This upper hand thing sometimes begins at the beginning: when children lie. A child lying isn't the end of the world. Rather, it's natural for them to do so. After all, when they're very young, just emerging from infancy/toddler-ism, they start to get inklings of right and wrong. But just inklings. Right and wrong don't just appear out of thin air, crystal clear. They need help in understanding right or wrong. And so a child gets an inkling that when he broke t...
