@Mikewlf337 I am actually pretty sure I am open minded, but the poinions I hold strongly have come from a great deal of study and facts. THey are evidence based. To change one of those opinions, someone needs to show superior evidence that contradicts what I currently hold to be true. That;s happened numberous times in my life, and evey time I have had no problem changing my opinion. But nobody is going to get me to believe what I hold to be false just by the shrillness of their assertions it’s true, or by obvious spin and spreading confusion as knowledge.
“Know Thyself” was inscribed on Appolo’s temple at Delphi. Great advice, but so very hard for a human being to follow. Psychological testing shows that on subject after subject, the least knowledgeable of us rate ourselves much higher than we test. The gap narrows as you approach perfection, and true experts tend to slightly underrate their test performance. The goal has to be that on anything of life-directing importance, we always work to be at the top end of that curve. And if we know w aren’t, then the safe thing is to say, “I haven’t made up my mind yet.”