Are you open minded?

[Eddi]

Are you open minded?

I'm moderately open minded

I'm usually open to new things but I know I should consider them critically before embracing them

Is open mindedness a virtue?

I think it is if you are not too open minded or not too not open minded

I think it is a good thing to be in moderation

If you weren't at all open minded then you would never experience new things or consider new possibilities, you would be ignorant and would miss out on many things and probably wouldn't develop or grow

But if you were too open minded then you'd just be gullible and easily-led

As the old saying goes, if you are too open minded your brains will fall out

What do people think?

 

[vulcanlogician]

I think open-mindedness is a virtue so long as it is paired with skepticism. Otherwise, it can be a vice.

Being open to discussing new ideas is a good thing. Believing everything that "sounds right" is a bad thing.

 

[JustGeorge]

Are you open minded?

I'm moderately open minded

I'm usually open to new things but I know I should consider them critically before embracing them

Is open mindedness a virtue?

I think it is if you are not too open minded or not too not open minded

I think it is a good thing to be in moderation

If you weren't at all open minded then you would never experience new things or consider new possibilities, you would be ignorant and would miss out on many things and probably wouldn't develop or grow

But if you were too open minded then you'd just be gullible and easily-led

As the old saying goes, if you are too open minded your brains will fall out

What do people think?

In a way.

I believe other people should be free to do/act/eat/listen/participate/etc as they feel, so long as it doesn't hurt anyone.

However, my own tastes are pretty specific. I'm comfortable with that.

I branch out in some ways, and find my liking is more open to certain things. For other categories, my mind is firmly fixed, and I know what I like/don't like. (However, that doesn't mean that because I like/don't like a thing that I feel others shouldn't.)

 

[ChristineM]

Are you open minded?

I'm moderately open minded

I'm usually open to new things but I know I should consider them critically before embracing them

Is open mindedness a virtue?

I think it is if you are not too open minded or not too not open minded

I think it is a good thing to be in moderation

If you weren't at all open minded then you would never experience new things or consider new possibilities, you would be ignorant and would miss out on many things and probably wouldn't develop or grow

But if you were too open minded then you'd just be gullible and easily-led

As the old saying goes, if you are too open minded your brains will fall out

What do people think?

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it... Terry Pratchett

So yes and no, I'm open to evidence, not necessarily open to people's opinion

 

[SalixIncendium]

Are you open minded?

Yes.

Is open mindedness a virtue?

Yes.

What do people think?

I think that I am open minded and open mindedness is a virtue.

 

[McBell]

I would say I am "ajar minded".
I am open to new ideas, thoughts opinions, etc.
But I tend to question everything.
ESPECIALLY if it is something I think I agree with.

 

[Quintessence]

It's not a term I would typically use to describe myself, no. Not because it wouldn't be accurate, but because I think other terms describe the phenomena better.

In psychology, one of the more favored means to assess personality includes one called "openness to experience." It is an expression of how comfortable one is with novel experiences, how much one seeks out novel experiences, how curious you are about the world. Put another way, humans that score high on this metric are eternal learners. And I consistently score very high on this metric when I take personality tests. This isn't surprising given my background, really - I grew up in a household that encouraged exploration and strongly valued learning. I maintained those values into adulthood. It underpins my religion, which is a celebration and exploration of the realities we experience.

 

[HonestJoe]

Are you open minded?

Yes, I definitely am, and nothing will convince me otherwise.

Is open mindedness a virtue?

Seriously though, I think you make valid points and I think the issue with the term "open minded" (like many others) is that people will use and/or interpret it to mean very different things, especially in different contexts. So many people will condemn others for not accepting what they unconditionally believe is true.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Yes, I would say I am open minded...I am fully capable of holding in my mind ideas that are contrary to those that I hold or favor without my mind exploding...

 

[sun rise]

I think open-mindedness is a virtue so long as it is paired with skepticism. Otherwise, it can be a vice.

Being open to discussing new ideas is a good thing. Believing everything that "sounds right" is a bad thing.

Part of being open minded while being skeptical is willingness to be convinced. And if someone is emotionally mature being willing to say "you are right. you convinced me" when you are convinced.

 

[vulcanlogician]

Part of being open minded while being skeptical is willingness to be convinced. And if someone is emotionally mature being willing to say "you are right. you convinced me" when you are convinced.

That can be tough to do. I certainly gain a huge amount of respect for someone when they do this, even if I disagree with them. No doubt, though, that the ability to admit you've been convinced is an excellent character trait.

 

[osgart]

There are things imagined that take on cause and effect in our reality. This should never be underestimated because therein within the imagination we transcend our biological nature, and we also find facts in the form of values, virtues, vices and morals that can and will harm, or benefit life on earth. I'm open minded about what the imagination conceives and makes possible in reality. Thus if we imagine a better world that isn't stifling, and oppressive, destructive, and divisive than we can achieve that world, or die in the process if one finds themselves so willing to live for a better world. What humans don't do, is as important as what humans act on. So open mindedness, and imagination must be met with a balance of knowing actuality better, and being coupled with truth so that one doesn't focus themselves on impossible fantasies, and narrow minded delusions of what will and can be. The human mind has invented republics, democracies, capitalism etc. So humans must ask ourselves what can we invent that works well with what already works, but has holes in it. To all things imagined, and actual beyond imagination, we must put those things to rigorous tests and see what flies and what is destined for the trash heap. That's why i am open minded toward what the imagination creates.

 

[sun rise]

That can be tough to do. I certainly gain a huge amount of respect for someone when they do this, even if I disagree with them. No doubt, though, that the ability to admit you've been convinced is an excellent character trait.

One of the secrets to my long marriage is both of us got to that point with each other.

 

[Bthoth]

Are you open minded?

I'm moderately open minded

I'm usually open to new things but I know I should consider them critically before embracing them

Is open mindedness a virtue?

I think it is if you are not too open minded or not too not open minded

I think it is a good thing to be in moderation

If you weren't at all open minded then you would never experience new things or consider new possibilities, you would be ignorant and would miss out on many things and probably wouldn't develop or grow

But if you were too open minded then you'd just be gullible and easily-led

As the old saying goes, if you are too open minded your brains will fall out

What do people think?

open minded is the ability to learn, evolve with knowledge

 

[Revoltingest]

Those who agree with me would say <yes>.
Those who disagree with me emphatically say <no>.
Anything I have to say would be of not value.

 

[F1fan]

Are you open minded?

I'm moderately open minded

I'm usually open to new things but I know I should consider them critically before embracing them

Is open mindedness a virtue?

I think it is if you are not too open minded or not too not open minded

I think it is a good thing to be in moderation

If you weren't at all open minded then you would never experience new things or consider new possibilities, you would be ignorant and would miss out on many things and probably wouldn't develop or grow

But if you were too open minded then you'd just be gullible and easily-led

As the old saying goes, if you are too open minded your brains will fall out

What do people think?

Being gullible is not the same as being open minded. To my thinking to be open minded means an ability to recognize opportunities and evidence. Being open minded includes having a certain level of resoning skill, and sophistication of thought.

The contrast to being open minded are those committed to some dogma or rigid way of thinking for non-rational reasons.