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what are brains are telling use
1.) We receive no formal training in listening
2.) Speaking as a skill is seen as more important than listening
3.) Filters keep us from listening without bias
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"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience."
"We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts."
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