Do you ever change your opinion?
Do. Do you ever change your opinion an issue, whether it's political, religious or philosophical? And if you do what was the leading cause? Did you have a particular personal experience? Did you hear an anecdotal story read or see some evidence of some kind? Was there a persuasive argument? What was it that drove that change? And if you don't change your opinion, then why is that
Meranda Troutt
@MerTroutt · 2:16
To answer your question, my thoughts and opinions change pretty consistently as I think about them because I think about them a lot and in great detail. And I feel like I have a great talent for perception and seeing into things that people don't usually see into or thinking about things that people wouldn't usually think about
But then as I grew older, I started to develop opinions. But then I would lock myself in and that didn't feel right either. So now I like to reevaluate them when something pops up for me. But I know what you mean because I did a podcast for maybe a year and a half or two years, and like, maybe on one episode, I'd say one thing and a few episodes later. I'm like, I think I just countered that and it just felt wrong
Meranda Troutt
@MerTroutt · 1:02
I think that a lot of people tend to think that their opinions are facts and that they shouldn't sway and that in order to be a decent person, you have to have these strong morals and opinions and be consistent and things of that nature
phil spade
@Phil · 1:45
Mertraut, thank you for bumping this plum. I apologize. I meant to respond to this because I had some thoughts. So, Mercury, thank you for bumping this because I did want to respond. You know, when it comes to opinions, both in a corporate setting and personal setting, I used to run a nonprofit, too. And in that nonprofit, I always threw my opinion out to everybody else. And I said, okay, what am I missing?
Yes. Dare I say it's like the human condition. We like, think we know it all. And really, we know next to nothing. So much to learn. I feel like letting go of an opinion in or easing off of it is kind of like releasing a piece of if we identify it and it's a part of our identity, it's like tearing off a piece of ourselves
Phil. Thanks for jumping in here, too. I couldn't agree more. Absolutely. You gotta listen. And I would say even cogitate on what you've heard in order to come to your own conclusions. I really wish that more people would say this is my perspective, my opinion, whatever. But what am I missing? I don't think enough people do that again. I think it's sort of wrapped up in this fear of being vulnerable, of being wrong
Tim Ereneta
@Tim · 2:25
Have I ever changed my mind an issue? Well, certainly the longer I live, the more life experience I have, the more people I meet and the more stories I hear, I realize how limited my own perceptions are. So yes. But I think partly the reason I'm so willing to do that and the reason I see myself being open to this. I consider myself a lifelong learner, and part of that is I've always loved learning from a young person through University and in University
You have received tradition of thinking not only the fact of being part of a party, but of dealing and judging things in a certain way. But my idea is always that we should support the people who don't have the opportunity to make it in society. Bad will or laziness are not notions I expect in a person, at least not mainly. There can be lazy people and people who willing fully want to profit take advantage from the system. But that's not what I think is essential
I have recorded the fable of the Wolf and the Lamb, and you can hear it. I've recorded it on Limbo because here it's impossible to read, eat on Safari and record at the same time. If you open another app, the recording stops. Pity. Still another feature that could be improved. Greetings
And I think that it might be life long because so much of what you learn and is set out for you originally can be very deeply rooted. So yeah, it's not easy. Thanks again
If people are already convinced, should we spend a lot of time? And that's another thing, citizen commitment, that's not only discussing ideas and having your own opinion, but trying to have an impact on society. Alright, thank you. And sorry I'm often speaking for a long time. Bye
Eman Harazin
@Eman · 3:15
Hello, mutual. That's really great question. And thank you for asking this question. Well, for me, there's a lot of things that I wish to be believed, that this is the right way. But now I have changed my mind about it. For example, the first thing that between Eman and husband. I live in society where marriage, things considered. It's something very important. And the first thing that I watched in a movie, that the American movie, this movie
Eman Harazin
@Eman · 0:53
My point is that there are things that society or culture make you believe it or think that's right. But when you change. But over time, when you see things, things or watch, for example, for me, movies from other culture, from different perspective or waiting a park really made you change your mind. Now the question here is that will you be able to speak clearly or able to be openminded about these things? And how could you express yourself and to say that?
It gives me hope that anything that we want to look at and reconsider can be done. We can change if we really want to. It's a matter of choosing wanting. So thank you again
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
If I look at that thinking those beliefs of how disgusting hair is on a Eman, and I look back at how it all started, it's frustrating, it's angering. And yet those beliefs have been so fully entrenched so deeply in my mind that to even consider going out with a dress or shorts or whatever and not having my legs shaved seems incomprehensible
Eman Harazin
@Eman · 2:39
And I was thinking that her mother, she is a beauty artist, and she would know that if her daughter needs a doctor and the fact that she is shaving her daughter length in public, and it's normal to see that her daughter has this simple point for me makes me happy because for me, it's normal to believe like it's a normal thing for me. I'm in 23, and I was thinking that it's not normal for women to have this kind of hair seriously
Eman Harazin
@Eman · 1:02
And he was Ping from the people who get so humiliation from other people just because he's a man and he has no hair. So this idea for both gender, for men and women, women should be clean with no hair. And men, they must have hair. He is a man, he must have it
You are so right. I feel like even as I continue to grow older, I'm always learning something new that, oh, that's normal. Whatever it happens to be. And it's a relief. And it's encouraging. And it's nice to know, right. You almost wish there was a handbook for when we were young, that someone would give us so that we understand what's normal as opposed to what society or culture thinks and about men and women. You're absolutely right
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 3:55
That's when we really love the character, that's when it becomes a great movie. And sadly, some people can watch this movie and think it's good, but they are still in the midst of their hero's journey. They have yet to confront that problem or whatever it may be. So it's a continuing battle. I say I could change my opinions, but I'm still solid in some opinions, and I guess eventually that will change their time as greatest teacher. A good topic
Average Joe
@AverageJoe · 1:58
So as I've gotten older, if I take a cursory glance at an issue and I form an opinion based on that cursory glance, I keep my dopey piehole shut until I do some more research, and I try to take in all the information. And a lot of times when you see more components of a story, you realize your initial impression was not accurate at all
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 1:37
Now, my question to you, average Joe, is when you have stated that opinion in front of peers or family or whatever it may be in the audience other than just yourself and you to eventually change your views. Do you find those people to be receptive and happy that you did or do you find that they resent you and they almost don't like you even more because I tend to notice that at times folks don't like it when you quote unquote flip flop
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 0:58
I don't even know if it could be called an opinion, but I guess for the sake of this conversation, we'll call it an opinion. I tend to change my opinion. My opinion really based on evidence or lack thereof
Average Joe
@AverageJoe · 4:27
Unfortunately, there are those amongst us who don't advance past that. They continue to traffic in confirmation bias. They feel warm in that blanket. And if you dare try to pull that blanket away by informing them that something that they think isn't correct. Well, now that's a personal attack. You just want to help them understand something. But now you've attacked them. I think that's what you're referring to now, as far as religion goes. I'm an atheist
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 1:10
As long as your knowledge is based on I think I believe I feel then you're always going to be in the arguments and you're always going to be intimidated by those who do have knowledge. And if you're intimidated by somebody that has knowledge, then that's your problem. You need to go read something or find out the information that they found out. And don't be intimidated by that. A lot of people are, but that's their problem, not yours
Average Joe
@AverageJoe · 0:58
And if you don't apply any critical analysis to anything that's being presented, well, you're on a Fool's journey. I can't think of two areas that can do more damage through intentional deception than politics and religion. So, yeah, that's a great point
Shammi Mohamed
@shammi · 4:42
I think there is a lot we can learn from them, but at the same time, I think we need to critically think about everything, analyze everything, and take the best from multiple cultures and grow ourselves. And I think part of that is really being able to change your opinion no matter how often and no matter how unpopular your opinion might be. Personally, I have found being able to change your opinion to be the most liberating thing that ever happened to me
Brooke C.
@Brooke415 · 2:48
It's not that it said I hear different ideas, and I'm able to take on those perspectives, not to be confused with thinking that I feel what other people feel, which is what I'm as young or in past. I wouldn't mistake. That is like, oh, or synchronous, or I'm able to step into somebody else's shoes. No, that's presumptuous and also not true. I'm not psychic or anything. And then I wouldn't want to be
I think sometimes, but sometimes not so much. I feel like I can't see the entire picture because I think that like someone's history and their environment, who they spend time with, the things that they consume. Like all of these things shape who they are and then will affect their perspective. And more, of course, and more things will influence that perspective