"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Terry Pratchett

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[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That is a valid point, but I can see people using this as an excuse to be unreasonable. So essentially the fist person who gets to you decides what you believe, then you lock up and can't be reached by any kind of reason.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well the "locking up" has to be decided by reason, not by just latching on to the first thing you see. And plus you can learn to differentiate between good information and bad information, just by the quality, and spent one's attention more wisely that way too