>I came into the discussion looking to prove something, not learn something. I'm just future-fantasizing here but ... Wouldn't it be a ripe topic of neurochem

>I came into the discussion looking to prove something, not learn something. I'm just future-fantasizing here but ... Wouldn't it be a ripe topic of neurochemical study to find out what happens in a brain that decides that ego stroking is more important than learning through constructive conversation? I suspect that "deciding to learn" requires a significantly higher activation energy than simply choosing to prove "I'm right".