We can be great intellectuals and if we do not accept the position of the other we have not achieved anything in life, on the contrary, I think we have wasted all the cognitive capacities of our mind and something of great value for the human being such as time, to qualify as an intellectual does not mean that you have an educated mind in the sense that I have given to this writing in relation to freedom of thought, of course, there are people whose intellectuality is proportional to the understanding of free thinking.

It is very important to accept other's opinions, and discussions are crucial. Improvement has indeed often originated from the confrontation of different (possibly opposite) ideas.

Moreover, if everyone would think the same, life would be much more boring, wouldn't it?