It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought. It is the opening of our mental pores, and the stimulus of marshaling our ideas in words, of setting them forth as gallantly and as graciously as we can.
Bio: Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program.
