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Intellectual humility is a key ingredient for scientific progress

  • Written by Michael Dickson, Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina
imageWould technologies like the airplane ever get off the ground without people balancing commitment to their vision with openness to new ideas?HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The virtue of intellectual humility is getting a lot of attention. It’s heralded as a part of wisdom, an aid to self-improvement and a catalyst for more...

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