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RE: How do we maintain a "Open Mind"?
If we are skeptical we are at least not blind to a possibility. People that are closed minded are not skeptical. They are simply not open to any opinions other than their own. Those that are skeptics are open to a new idea but they are going to do a lot of research before they publically endorse it.
I think just about everyone wants someone who will take the time to listen to their ideas and give them consideration. However, most of us have also been conditioned to want them to agree with us without question as a test of "friendship". It's the mental paralysis of modern day living otherwise known as cognitive dissonance. But instead of resolving the conflict within their own head, they hold onto it and project the cause of the pain onto others.
Of course, I'm still wiling to listen to other theories.