[little jeremiah]

I think Adams is blinded, as you state, by his need to be right.

If a person wants to know what the truth is, they have to be willing to admit "Gosh, I was wrong; now I learned the facts. Good." It takes some humiliity, but most important - the desire to know the truth, not to "look right". Truth has to be more important than one's ego.

[reasonisfaith]

“Truth has to be more important than one’s ego.”

Your statement is both true and righteous.