The Truth About Your Truth and My Truth
Strong Opinions, Loosely Held
What is the truth about the truth? How tightly do you hold onto your opinions? Are you less likely to be flexible, open-minded, and curious when you’re in the presence of someone who you disagree with? How do you challenge your own opinions?
This Applied Curiosity Lab video series is called, Strong Opinions, Loosely Held.
“He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion… Nor is it enough that he should hear the opinions of adversaries from his own teachers, presented as they state them, and accompanied by what they offer as refutations. He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them…he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.” – John Stuart Mill
Have a listen and bring on your opinions!
https://youtu.be/wgCxNgPeI1A
Becki,
Thanks for sharing. Something else to be aware of when facts are shared is how they’re framed. For example, many years ago Illinois residents were faced with a ballot issue to raise the state income tax from 3% to 5%. One side framed it as a 2% increase but the opposition said it was a 66% increase. How could that be? It was a 2% increase on people’s overall income but the tax increase was 66% (2/3). It’s always good to look at facts from several angles.
Brian