"The purpose of thinking is to let the ideas die instead of us dying." -- Alfred North Whitehead This effect only works if we let the ideas joust with each oth

"The purpose of thinking is to let the ideas die instead of us dying." -- Alfred North Whitehead This effect only works if we let the ideas joust with each other as our champions. If we try to bury the ideas instead people tend to joust less metaphorically. When we stop talking we find much worse ways to express ourselves. That turns the areas we won't talk about into danger zones.