One of the best ways to continue to getsmarter is to always challenge your views, your perceptions, our brains work overtime, trying to convince us, that we are always right in talking to other people learning their ideas. Having polite. Disagreements is one of the very best ways to create new connections. New synapses in our brain, that is actually making us smarter. The neuroplasticity can happen when you challenge your views and talk to people you disagree with.