In his column, "Classroom debates necessary for advancement," March 20, Ben Praster said, "Let me let you in on a little secret: All learning is conflict." This is not a secret; this is a false statement. The definition of learning is to gain knowledge or understanding of or skill in by study, instruction or experience. There is no conflict involved. Learning is possible for man because he has five senses. Using the information provided to him by his senses, man is capable of conceptualizing this information allowing him to understand and manipulate very complex phenomena.

Praster goes on to cite some examples of his misunderstanding. These examples include the conflicts over "capitalism, communism, universal suffrage, and the heliocentric view of the solar system." Conflict arises when people who don't use reason exercise force on people who do use reason. Dogmatic supernaturalism met Copernicus when he used reason to understand the true nature of the solar system. An entrenched male chauvinist establishment met women who used reason to understand that they were just as capable of using their minds as men were. Joseph Stalin used un-reason or brutal gulags to enforce communism and was met by the United States.