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Old 07-06-2013, 10:13 AM   #187 (permalink)
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Critical thinkers tend to be very close minded because they rely too heavily on evidence.
Yeah, everyone, no matter who, has a confirmation bias, but for the person who demands evidence before believing at the very least they are less likely to accept erroneous beliefs. In other words, they may not believe in something that is true that just doesn't have enough evidence, but they at least have a baseline of belief that will likely be more based in reality.
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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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