There's no reason that's good, either. Having "greater openness" to questions to which there is a ready answer or a basic truth just means "being more confused by the wrong answers." It doesn't make you virtuous.Alexis Jacobi wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:15 pmI do not recommend 'total open-mindedness', I recommend greater open-mindedness.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 8:02 pm You see, AJ, a person can't be totally "open-minded" and reject other beliefs. If you do, you're just narrow in a different way. But you're every bit as resistant to my view as I am to yours. So where is your vaunted 'openness" evident in the above?
Well, except mine...which you reject in the most strenuous terms.I definitely do not recommend rejecting the belief-systems of other peoples
There it is!You are well aware that I define you as a fanatic.
Boy, I'm glad you're so "open." I'd hate to see what you'd say if you were "closed minded."
Yes, as the above shows.I am certainly not *every bit as narrow as you*