Argue with yourself.
- Great thinkers routinely and intelligently try to counter their own arguments.
- They go back and forth until only the most rational and strongest argument exists based on the knowledge they have.
- This is also the mission of any good scientist. The scientist tries to prove themselves wrong, not right. When they continually fail to do so, it’s very likely that only the truth remains.
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