Seeking the Well-Articulated Opposing View
Continuing with the theme of polarized opinions, I recently discovered a few more reasons why things are unlikely to change any time soon. Like last time , this one too is for reasonable people, i.e., not fanatics. These lines by Bertrand Russell are a warning sign as to when things may not be as black and white as you think: “If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If some one maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction. The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.” It's hard to believe, but just because you can see some of the flaws in the views you support doesn’t mean that you can see the merits of the opposing view. To understand and ...