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I hate people telling me that I have to be open minded... basically what they're saying is the only reason I'm not buying their pseudo science is that I'm closed minded, and were I open minded I would agree with them.

That's a pretty arrogant assumption.

I'm never open minded. Not that I'm closed minded either. I just want to make sure there's real evidence to back up the claim.

Benthoven 8 Aug 1
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An intermediate approach is to ask them for evidence and listen to their logic. Challenge as you go along. “That looks like a belief and not a fact to me!”

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Never really sure what is meant by this ‘open-minded rhetoric. It seems to be one of those weasel phrases that implies one is not as smart as one thinks one is!

We all know that one, or I certainly know that in the grand scheme of things as I am as thick as my grannies porridge. Maybe we just choose not to run down certain rabbit holes!

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