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I don't know if this post is appropriate for this board, and I don't have a point, so Mick can relegate it to "Rambles" or delete it, if he chooses, I don't care.
Is there such a thing as an open-minded cynic?
It just seems like when we grow older, our brains and beliefs and attitudes grow harder and harder. Until we grow into that hard-assed curmudgeon we swore - we would never become. (And ironically, we literally, get a hard head.)
What things have you changed your mind about - over the years?
Can we have this conversation, or is it too unfocused?
Should "debunkers" - "debunk" themselves, from time-to-time?
Is there such a thing as an open-minded cynic?
- A person who can simply say "I don't know" -- when it comes to "God" or "Something", but doesn't close their mind entirely?
- A person who hasn't made up their mind about every damned thing already, once they hit 40?
- A person who still has the ability to say "I don't know"?
- A person who still has the ability to say "I never thought of that", or "I never realized that"... "lemme consider for awhile...."
- A person who is able to dislike a good portion of what another person says or stands for, but will still agree with a few things?
- A person who still sits around and ponders, but is able to walk away and say "I may never know."
- A person who doesn't have the need to quote the "experts" and "authorities" -- but can speak for themselves?
- A person who doesn't idolize the "experts" and "authorities" -- but realizes, they don't know everything, because no one does.
- A person who dares to question the "experts" and "authorities", and doesn't take for granted every single thing they say is true?
- A person who has the ability to change their mind, even after middle-age?
- A person who - even still - has the ability to say that they may have pre-judged inaccurately?
It just seems like when we grow older, our brains and beliefs and attitudes grow harder and harder. Until we grow into that hard-assed curmudgeon we swore - we would never become. (And ironically, we literally, get a hard head.)
What things have you changed your mind about - over the years?
Can we have this conversation, or is it too unfocused?
Should "debunkers" - "debunk" themselves, from time-to-time?
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