The Effective Thinker Treats Arrogance As The

(...) Being Right All The Time Acquires A Huge Importance In Education, And There Is This Terror Of Being Wrong. The Ego Is So Tied To Being Right That Later On In Life You Are Reluctant To Accept That You Are Ever Wrong, Because You Are Defending Not The Idea But Your Self-esteem. (...) This Terror Of Being Wrong Means That People Have Enormous Difficulties In Changing Ideas.

Possibilities Play A Much Bigger Role In Thinking Than Most People Believe. Without Possibilities You Cannot Make Progress.

Language Is The Biggest Barrier To Human Progress Because Language Is An Encyclopedia Of Ignorance. Old Perceptions Are Frozen Into Language And Force Us To Look At The World In An Old Fashioned Way.

Creativity Gives The Possibility Of Some Sort Of Achievement To Everyone.

Most People...are Put Off Science Because Maths Is The Gateway And They Can't Handle It. What We Should Be Teaching Is Operational Maths Because, In General, The Maths We Need To Carry Out Science Is Pretty Straightforward.