Comments on: Balance http://www.bradezone.com/2009/03/22/balance/ I ate milk for breakfast. I danced my dance. Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:41:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mark Rosedale http://www.bradezone.com/2009/03/22/balance/comment-page-1/#comment-654 mark Rosedale Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:23:44 +0000 http://www.bradezone.com/?p=536#comment-654 Nice article. I have toiled over both sides myself. I think you get it right in the end it is balance or moderation. Not only does that apply for logic or how you live life, but it can be applied in all areas. "Open Minded" seems to be a loaded term in today's society. I mean at least when you hear it mentioned on the news or in pop culture. I think it would be a worthy goal to be truly open minded, but what most people mean by it is a certain set of beliefs that if you ascribe to them makes you are open minded. And of course it is the highest virtue to be open minded. Better to be open minded than to actually have convictions. If you don't agree with the ascribed beliefs than you are closed minded. I actually heard on the Today show they were introducing a story and Matt said Meredith, "you need to have an open mind." Meredith retorted without hesitation, "Oh I have an open mind." As if it were some disease of the highest kind not to. I just think that you can have convictions or disagreements and still keep an open mind. Nice article. I have toiled over both sides myself. I think you get it right in the end it is balance or moderation. Not only does that apply for logic or how you live life, but it can be applied in all areas.

“Open Minded” seems to be a loaded term in today’s society. I mean at least when you hear it mentioned on the news or in pop culture. I think it would be a worthy goal to be truly open minded, but what most people mean by it is a certain set of beliefs that if you ascribe to them makes you are open minded. And of course it is the highest virtue to be open minded. Better to be open minded than to actually have convictions. If you don’t agree with the ascribed beliefs than you are closed minded. I actually heard on the Today show they were introducing a story and Matt said Meredith, “you need to have an open mind.” Meredith retorted without hesitation, “Oh I have an open mind.” As if it were some disease of the highest kind not to. I just think that you can have convictions or disagreements and still keep an open mind.

]]> By: Brade http://www.bradezone.com/2009/03/22/balance/comment-page-1/#comment-651 Brade Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:09:03 +0000 http://www.bradezone.com/?p=536#comment-651 I see open-mindedness as a correlation to empathy---a willingness to understand why people believe or behave the way they do. Obviously that does not constitute endorsement, but everyone has reasons for his or her actions. I think those reasons can largely be boiled down to what I discussed in this essay. You're right that perhaps no one can be described as 100% open-minded. But it's a worthy goal. I see open-mindedness as a correlation to empathy—a willingness to understand why people believe or behave the way they do. Obviously that does not constitute endorsement, but everyone has reasons for his or her actions. I think those reasons can largely be boiled down to what I discussed in this essay. You’re right that perhaps no one can be described as 100% open-minded. But it’s a worthy goal.

]]> By: Mike http://www.bradezone.com/2009/03/22/balance/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Mike Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:01:45 +0000 http://www.bradezone.com/?p=536#comment-650 Curious about your thoughts about open-mindedness. If people in today's society sort of crevice-minded, are you comparing them to the few people in today's society who truly are open minded (if they exist), or to the "open minded" people in other, maybe no longer surviving, societies? I guess my point is that if open-mindedness is relative, then there has to be people at both extremes, right? Otherwise, if nobody was really open-minded, then the least-closed-minded people would be the open minded ones. Null pointer exception! Curious about your thoughts about open-mindedness. If people in today’s society sort of crevice-minded, are you comparing them to the few people in today’s society who truly are open minded (if they exist), or to the “open minded” people in other, maybe no longer surviving, societies? I guess my point is that if open-mindedness is relative, then there has to be people at both extremes, right? Otherwise, if nobody was really open-minded, then the least-closed-minded people would be the open minded ones. Null pointer exception!

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