<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The best intellectual partner is not someone you... > The best intellectual partner is not someone you debate but someone you explore ideas with, the way two people might enjoy a game of chess. That kind of partnership works only when both people agree that a statement made while testing an idea is a hypothesis, not a confession, and that either person may change their mind without being punished for it. **Source:** [[livestreams/Argumentation as Discovery, Not Conflict - Workbook|Argumentation as Discovery, Not Conflict]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The best intellectual partner is not someone you debate but someone you explore ideas with, the way two people might enjoy a game of chess. That kind of partnership works only when both people agree that a statement made while testing an idea is a hypothesis, not a confession, and that either person may change their mind without being punished for it.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-best-intellectual-partner-without-being-punished ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->