It is possible to be so open-minded that your brain falls out (metaphorically, people, metaphorically).
By
Alistair Young
on July 29, 2007
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It's not really open-mindedness that I desire from people. It's tolerance. I'm closed minded about many things. I think if everyone where completely open-minded, the catalyst for conversation would die. For me the catalyst of conversation is diversity and tolerance is the safety value.
Well put, Bruce.
Well, I have mixed feelings about tolerance inasmuch as tolerance seems to mean different things to different people, particularly in that tolerance is also conflated with acceptance in a lot of people's minds, I think, and also is a bit higher up the value chain of virtue in general than I'd prefer it to be.
That said, I generally agree, I think, and the rest is the subject for future claims!