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Originally posted by Playbahnosh@Apr 11 2006, 10:05 AM
Am I the only one noticing this? At least when I say something I stick to my opinion, not sleekly change it as the wind blows. <_< You are in absolutely no position to tell me off so cut the hypocrite BS already!
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No one should be afraid to change their minds about something if the perceptions that formed their original opinion no longer seem to be valid. Vacillating with the winds of popular opinion and maintaining an invincible ignorance are two extremes of assimilating information. Both are pathologically flawed. Every time we encounter something new, or determine that something we once believed to be false requires a re-examination of how we perceive everything else. More often than not, we can carry on just as before, but occassionally, the universe changes and new vistas are opened up to us [Reading assignment: The Day the Universe Changed, by James Burke; a look at a few times in history when what we learned changed what we saw].
In a very real sense, what we learn changes who we are, and this is not an inherently bad thing.