[ṓpən-mīńdĭd]
(adj.)Receptive to new and different ideas or the opinions of others. See synonyms at broad-minded
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Mar 31, 2009 ... A look at some of the flawed thinking that prompts people who believe in certain non-scientific concepts to advise others who don't to be ...
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Tags: open-mindedness pseudoscience paranormal supernatural contradiction anecdotal evidence prejudice close-mindedness fallacious thinking...
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They think that open-mindedness requires that one abstains from drawing conclusions; hence the absurd tendency to claim that agnosticism is the most reasonable religious stance, solely on the basis that God's existence can be neither proved nor disproved with absolute certainty.
www.philosophyetc.net/2006/04/open-mindedness.html www.philosophyetc.net/2006/04/open-mindedness.html
wikiHow article about How to Exercise an Open Mind. ... Find a community college or community-based educational program near you, pick up a catalog, and open your mind to learning things like Art History, Underwater Basketweaving, First Aid training, or Business Ethics.
www.wikihow.com/Exercise-an-Open-Mind www.wikihow.com/Exercise-an-Open-Mind
The difference between the two, comfort and openmindedness is the difference between cowardliness and truthfulness. The mind that is open is open to the truth, ... Close mindedness is not a label for people who are not knowlegeable. That is what we call ignorance. Close-mindedness is willful ignorance, the unwilingness to...
www.msu.edu/~junedan/open.html www.msu.edu/~junedan/open.html
The enemy of an open mind is prejudice, and we all do it. We have to. It’s automatic. We all have experiences and as we encounter new ones, our brains bring to mind past experiences and perceptions to help us deal with the situation.
www.uoflife.com/wc/concepts/openmind.htm www.uoflife.com/wc/concepts/openmind.htm
Open-mindedness: A video that explains (with a delightful British accent) why being skeptical of an assertion is not the same thing as being closed-minded and exposes the logical fallacies that believers in Gods and ghosts typically fall victim to... ... Tushar Bhushan Open-mindedness about 6 months ago...
www.buzzfeed.com/justarikia/open-mindedness-7uo www.buzzfeed.com/justarikia/open-mindedness-7uo
James Randi Educational Foundation ... Now how do I explain this to a closed-minded paranormal believer who refuses to believe that I am open-minded? (because they are being closed-minded about my open-mindedness) ; This seems to happen a lot at parties.
www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/503-the-trouble... www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/503-the-trouble-with-open-mindedness.html
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