Drakodan Posted:

^ I forgot the technical name for it, but that’s the theory that people tend to think positively of their own thoughts and actions, and negatively of the thoughts and actions of others.

If you don’t “think positively of” of your own thoughts, why were you thinking them? If you claim a position then you automatically affirm it to be correct and hence deny any mutually exclusive position. Unless you’re willing to believe “A and not A”.

Being open-minded isn’t constantly vacillating and going on about how wrong you probably are, it’s being willing to change your mind if presented with a better idea. If you’re uncertain, that’s a viewpoint too, but you know what they call a person who answers “what do you think” with “well different people think all kinds of things, I couldn’t possibly have an opinion of my own”. A politician Log in to see images!