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Everyone wants to think they’re open-minded – here’s why most people aren’t
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An article examining the psychological gap between people's self-perception of open-mindedness and their actual willingness to genuinely reconsider deeply held beliefs on fundamental matters like religion and life meaning.
Everyone wants to think they’re open-minded – here’s why most people aren’t
Existential humility means learning to live with the tension between certainty and curiosity. Ippei Naoi/Moment via Getty Images
Most people think they are open-minded and would like others to perceive them as such. But for the things that matter most – religious beliefs, for example, or the meaning of life – few of us are genuinely willing to consider that we might be wrong, let alone do the hard work of revising beliefs. At a fundamental level, we humans are somewhat closed-minded.
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