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5/6/2015 7:15:08 PM
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as helpful as this is I think it'd be more effective to entitle a piece, "how to not be closed minded".
grammar, paragraphs, emboldening importance, etc, does nothing if one's stance is cemented.
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Hallelujah
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I would agree that it's not good to be unable to change your mind, but it's just as bad to allow your mind to be changed too easily. If even poor arguments sway you, then you really didn't have an opinion in the first place. If you really don't have an opinion, then why are you entering a discussion to say anything other than "I don't have an opinion"? I would say that the optimum mindset is to be firm in all of your opinions, but to compare all arguments as objectively as possible.
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It doesn't have an effect on your point correct, but it does have an effect on how much the reader takes away from it. My point was to help people ensure that others read their posts and take away as much as they can from it, not to make it agreeable. You are right though about being cemented and close-minded. Doing that invites opposition. However, being close-minded effectively will at least draw in the attention the authors seek at least.
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I understand your attempt to make an idea flavorful through aesthetics. I guess I would counter that by saying: if your goal is not to change minds its a waste of breath. unless of course you're already in the majority. a well articulated argument has that ability, but never to a closed-mind. that is the root of backlash against reason.
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Good point. I did mostly focus on aesthetics, but building an argument is another really important skill
