Re:Major Flaws of Human Thinking
by gfxgirl on Saturday December 05, 2020 @02:59PM
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For me the term "open minded" is a label for close minded people that believe specific things they label as "open minded". Say for example legalizing drugs. They don't believe in being open minded about whether or not that's a good idea. Instead they believe supporting it is the "open minded" position and not supporting it is the "close minded" position. They have a similarly actually closed mind about most topics.
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Re:Major Flaws of Human Thinking
by otreblatercero on Sunday December 06, 2020 @09:28AM
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So you think open minded people support prohibition? and I reckon you are against legalization of drugs. That's why you are open minded.
No, I'm open to discussing it, I haven't decided, I've heard good arguments on both sides.
but, in my experience, most people that put "I'm open minded" in a self description are signaling they believe in certain specific policies and they are actually close minded about whether those policies are good or bad. They've already decided they are good and won't consider (have an open mind) to any suggestions otherwise.