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An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in their understanding of things.

— Bryant McGill

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Intelligence is measured here by how someone handles being wrong. Finding errors in your own understanding is presented as nothing to fear or hide, and being corrected is a sign of a sharp mind, not a weak one.

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