>Independent thinking is about examining your thoughts from all data at hand, not being a slave to your biases…<
Can you point to a single instance where you rejected the DNDN company line on a matter of consequence? If not, then perhaps you should be examining your own biases and the quality of your independent thinking.
>Separately and I hope you will take this constructively, you frequently give in to some trivial cleverness and one-up kind of thing instead of focusing on an earnest discussion.<
Perhaps you should review some of your own posts. Let me help: