The benefits of other people?

Question

What are the benefits of being exposed to other people's discoveries and ideas? Ex: learning science exposes you to new discoveries and ideas of other people. But what are the benefits? Isn't better for us to stick with our own views, instead of risking to learn something that is inacurate?

Thank you!

Answer 1

By sticking strictly to your own views you are avoiding the risk of learning something inaccurate. However, you are also, limiting yourself. You are preventing yourself from learning the accurate things too, and thus not fulfilling all of your potential.