I've seen this before in various forms, but I was reminded of it by +Jim Richardson: "You cannot reason...
I've seen this before in various forms, but I was reminded of it by +Jim Richardson: "You cannot reason a man out of an opinion he didn't arrive at by reason."
Now, I should point out, that most people arrive at most of their opinions for reasons apart from reason. And people do change their opinions, based on reason, sometimes; but they need to open to changing them, and that openness itself is arrived at through reason.
I remind myself that as frustrating as this can be, it's also a mechanism that has allowed our species to survive. So, there's that.
Now, I should point out, that most people arrive at most of their opinions for reasons apart from reason. And people do change their opinions, based on reason, sometimes; but they need to open to changing them, and that openness itself is arrived at through reason.
I remind myself that as frustrating as this can be, it's also a mechanism that has allowed our species to survive. So, there's that.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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