We form opinions far too fast and blithely assume that the only possible viewpoints are those that occur to us after 30 seconds of thought (plus the one or two

We form opinions far too fast and blithely assume that the only possible viewpoints are those that occur to us after 30 seconds of thought (plus the one or two viewpoints fed to us in the first article). Once a person publicly expresses an opinion, it is very hard to change. We just fight and rationalize from that point on, digging in deeper. And no, we bay area NPR-listening NYT-reading folks are far from immune.