13) The more discomfort we feel at having our ignorance exposed the more it hinders our capacity to learn.
14) The teacher who humiliates a child in front of his peers, because of the child's difficulty in understanding rather than because of the child's misbehaviour, has done very significant damage to that child's education.
15) A course of action has, objectively, 50 factors in its favour and 400 factors against it. A first man cites the 50 factors while arguing articulately, persuasively and forcefully in favour of the course of action. The second man is aware of the 400 factors against the course of action but lacks the first man's oratory skills, cannot articulate himself well and feels uncomfortable in situations where he has to debate such issues. We will always be persuaded by what the first man has to say.
16) To claim to be the voice of Reason, and to condemn those who disagree with us as opponents or enemies of Reason, is as illusory as claiming to be on the side of God and claiming that those who disagree with us are enemies of God. To know Reason, in its pure sense, we need to go beyond conventional scientific or religious thinking.
