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There's a group of extraordinarily intelligent, compassionate, aligned, self-aware, loving, motivated people. You discover they share a belief (which they concluded independently of each other) that you personally find morally reprehensible. You're likely to __ your mind

Definitely change
4.9%
Possibly change
61.4%
Possibly not change
23.8%
Definitely not change
10%

901 votesFinal results

8:38 PM · Nov 14, 2019

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I’ve experienced this in real life. And B.

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I am willing to change in some things, but the 'reprehensible' part makes me thing the disagreement would be much too strong.

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There needs to be an entry in that list for "good at challenging their own assumptions" or something.

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Even if they concluded it independently, the factors that led to that conclusion wouldn’t be independent.

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What's the difference between possibly change and possibly not change? Is the prior for B that you normally wouldn't change but in this case would consider it, and the prior for C that you normally would change but in this case maybe not?

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Definitely would not change my mind just based on that. Beliefs should, for adults, change because of arguments and intellectual aesthetics, never company.

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The problem with this poll is on of the imagination of the subject. Some of us will think of other people whose opinion we think should change, and answer accordingly. Others will think about beliefs that are abhorrent, and answer accordingly. And still other will think of both.

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Reprehensible is reprehensible regardless of it's adherents.

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Please tell me there's some specific belief that prompted this poll

Brian Bi believes borders should be open

@t3nsor

Nov 15, 2019

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@Aella_Girl

It makes sense to listen to their point of view but it seems very likely that they just have a shared core value that I disagree with, and that wouldn't make me change my mind.