Rational discussion needs only a readiness to learn from one's partner in it

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• A lack of education makes women's talk insipid and their solitude unbearable; learning is necessary to make them useful company MAMary Astellc. 1694–1697
• Instinctive reluctance to disagree is a great barrier to learning, and thoughtful disagreement is not easy for many people. RDRay Dalio27 Sept 2022
• Processes that require honest participation need to be seen by the participants as intrinsically valuable DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson30 May 2023
• Intellectual progress needs not that everyone may think or write anything, but that any idea may be argued by someone FHFriedrich Hayekc. 1944

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