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"Open minded" is not necessarily a virtue. Sometimes it's a weakness. QAnon adherents are, in ways, open minded.
by pohl 5y ago
"Open minded" is not necessarily a virtue. Sometimes it's a weakness. QAnon adherents are, in ways, open minded.
- zzzeek 5y agoopen-minded and critical thinking skills are orthogonal.
- NaN1352 5y agoIf open mindedness is a weakness, then you’re talking about something else. Conspiracy theories have nothing to do with open mindedness. The latter is about asking questions, not outright rejecting established ideas.
- hnlmorg 5y agoHaving chatted to a few folks who believe in QAnon -- if there's one thing I wouldn't describe them as, it's open minded. Conspiracy theories are basically just modern day religions. They prey on people who like to think of themselves as open minded but who actually just want to be reassured that their paranoid delusions are justified.