He's right. As some point in my life I ceased to believe that you are supposed to find your beliefs and defend them to the death, even in the face of new eviden

He's right. As some point in my life I ceased to believe that you are supposed to find your beliefs and defend them to the death, even in the face of new evidence. Of course I didn't articulate it that way in those days. I think some people become enlightened with acceptance of the fact that theyre probably wrong, they probably don't know what about, you have to live life believing you're right (otherwise you wouldn't believe anything) and always be ready to accept when you're wrong about something. Once this realization comes, your beliefs become detached from your ego. I make a point to reserve the right to change my mind about anything at any point in time. I can't grow as a person otherwise. I don't owe anyone an apology for that, or for being wrong about something. And I am willing to consider any viewpoint, any at all, even some that are unpallatable to me or someone else. I haven't internalized or acknowledged the correctness of many of those extreme viewpoints because my faculty of reason has led me to disbelieve many of them, but I do detach myself when discussing or considering them. I'm after the truth. I want to be right, not feel right, and that means learning, which means being OK with being wrong and changing your mind when appropriate.