Yes.

With intellectual pursuits, you can always find diamonds in the rough. Simply due to the effort YOU are putting in, given your then state of mind, knowledge and experience.

You can wade through a conversation on creationism and evolutionary denial and understand humanity or even deepen your skills.

However that's you - your unique circumstances bringing more to the table.

Others would very much appreciate a warning, because they already have working definitions, have seen this argument before and would prefer spending their time on other pursuits.