Galileo Galilei: The smartest way to win an argument with a fool

always welcome. His discoveries clashed with deeply held dogmas. And yet he understood something that takes many lifetimes to learn:

Not all arguments are worth your energy.

Not because there is a lack of arguments, but because some minds do not try to understand, only to impose them.

The great lesson: you cannot argue with someone who does not want to understand.

One of the ideas attributed to Galileo (and other great thinkers) summarizes this ancient wisdom:

Never try to convince someone who is comfortable in his ignorance.

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