“but steadfastly believe in your fervent belief that scholars are idiots compared to your brilliance.”
I made no claims I am brilliant. I claimed they are not if they operate with this protocol.
No ideology should be dismissed, you might be throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
These type of mental firewalls greatly hinder discovery. Concepts are blocked before they are even considered. This is 12 century mind and the earth is still flat.
No ideology should be dismissed
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Make up your very own ideas! A novel scholastic idea. You could start with the Piltdown Man and go from there.