I just read the following quote. It tied in pefectly with another thread where I noticed two people reading the same information and getting totally different perspectives from it. If we read/listen/research with the aim of proving our point, everything we read will be biased towards that.
However if we read with an open mind (easier said than done) then we might actually learn as opposed to simply 'proving our point'.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men of simple ways too, have it in some form and in some degree. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. If we abandon that mission under stress we shall abandon it forever, for stress will not cease. Knowledge for the sake of understanding, not merely to prevail, that is the essence of our being. None can define its limits, or set its ultimate boundaries.
- Vannevar Bush (1890-1974)