…men, linguists, musicians, and philosophers. Not that they needed multiple skills to make them men. It’s that they valued growth and therefore challenged themselves, thus developing their character. That became the thing I took stock of the most. They had developed character, depth, and humility b…
This well-known example points to a powerful idea: Disconfirming evidence — evidence that proves your existing ideas wrong — is exponentially more valuable than confirming evidence. Scientists throughout history have realized this. Science grows by what is proven wrong, not what i…