The problem is, some of the biggest discoveries have been of the form "x is the same as y." Interesting question whether you could auto-detect closed mindednes

The problem is, some of the biggest discoveries have been of the form "x is the same as y." Interesting question whether you could auto-detect closed mindedness though. One sign might be when people stop being surprised, or realizing that some earlier theory of theirs was wrong (which amount to the same thing).