Re: Open-mindedness is a sacred cow.

David Canzi wrote:
> Sacred cows should be kicked.
> 
> When I encounter a youtube channel arguing that the Earth is flat,
> I request youtube not to recommend videos from that channel any 
> more.
> I do the same thing to channels arguing that the Earth isn't flat.
> I have reached a final conclusion and will not reconsider it.
> 
> Open-mindedness is not an unalloyed virtue.  It is not some holy
> enlightened state of mind that everybody must aspire to on every
> claim about every subject.  We are not obliged to run and run and
> run on the squirrel wheel of endless reconsideration.
> 
> There are times when a mind *should* close.
> 
> On the flat Earth, and a few other topics, my mind is closed.
> 

its not an argument to state that the earth isnt flat, its more 
like stating everyone poops. no argument.