[CantExplain]

http://www.economist.com/node/215521.../olderandwiser

The assessors scored participants’ responses on a scale of one to three. This attempted to capture the degree to which they discussed what psychologists consider five crucial aspects of wise reasoning: willingness to seek opportunities to resolve conflict; willingness to search for compromise; recognition of the limits of personal knowledge; awareness that more than one perspective on a problem can exist; and appreciation of the fact that things may get worse before they get better.

All of which goes to show that the real root of wisdom is this: do not assume, little grasshopper, that your prejudices are correct.

[Fresia]

Curious and thanks for sharing this CantExplain. Despite how we go about it and may be American individualist trait, but I know there is always much to learn.

[CantExplain]

Originally Posted by Fresia

I know there is always much to learn.

Very wise!