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Originally Posted by jammies
The world would be a better place if more people understood the difference between "open-minded" and "credulous".
It's really quite simple: credulous is where you think 2 alternatives that are "possible" are therefore equal and any one of them is just as likely to be true. Open-minded is where you understand that "possible" can apply to just about any concept, and that what you want to determine when evaluating alternatives is which one is PROBABLE, regardless of whether or not it agrees with your world-view.
MJK, as far as this pseudo-science goes, you are going with the "all alternatives are equally likely" school of thought. Go ahead and believe whatever you want, but if you can't defend those beliefs in argument, bringing them up on a forum seems disingenuous.
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A forum is just for arguing? Like I have already said, I wasn't even looking for an argument. I haven't even said what I really think it is and have decided not to now. I was just curious to see what others thought!
