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Talk:Open mind

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Open mindedness[edit]

Does open mindedness mean that I should listen to the other side, even when they are like radical right-wing nationalists, anti-vaxxers etc. and try to understand their points?

I generally dismiss stuff that is nationalist, conservative, "alternative science", "America bad, Russia good" or "West is hypocritical, so Russia good" narratives or made anything said by Miroljub Petrović, Tim Pool, Balkan Info etc, like a total NPC. But that's not open minded.

ASerb (talk) 16:46, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

I think it's a question of balance - something which is, in fact, covered in the article.Bob"Life is short and (insert adjective)" 20:17, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
"Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brain falls out." Vee (talk) 20:19, 13 February 2023 (UTC)