I took a (turned into multiple) philosophy classes that forced me to explain hard concepts and my opinions on them to other people and then understand their per

I took a (turned into multiple) philosophy classes that forced me to explain hard concepts and my opinions on them to other people and then understand their perspective. I think this applies to many hard, deeply technical, subjects, but discussion is immensely popular in the pedagogy of philosophy. The harder and more valuable part was putting those discussions into focused, clear, essays. I am a much better writer and thinker because of it. The best way to learn how to think is to think. The way in which the quality of your thinking is best judged is in relation to other people. So just try a take your thoughts and try and put them in other people’s minds.