Terry Tao on "Asking Dumb Questions"
“One should be unafraid to ask “stupid” questions, challenging conventional wisdom on a subject; the answers to these questions will occasionally lead to a surprising conclusion, but more often will simply tell you why the conventional
Don’t kill the part of you that’s cringe, kill the part of you that cringes. You’re not more or less than the other person and having people be excited and passionate about their beliefs, actions and lifestyle is a beautiful thing in this monotonous world