"Open-mindedness" does not mean giving undue respect to every dumbass idea that crosses your desk. I think it's actually productive to shame ridiculous ideas in

"Open-mindedness" does not mean giving undue respect to every dumbass idea that crosses your desk. I think it's actually productive to shame ridiculous ideas in order to encourage skepticism. Also the notion that a blog post should be written in the same style as a scientific journal article is obtuse. EDIT: removed an extra "not"