I've found it helps to try to develop a probablistic lens for the things you believe, where each basic axiom has some probability of being false. This allows you to run mental napkin math and develop a *spread* of beliefs. (It will also make your brain overheat. Stay hydrated.)
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The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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That's a good way to put it. I think it also helps if you see open-mindedness as more cherished part of your identity than most/all of your other beliefs and principles. Refusal to consider an idea becomes scarier than any one idea in particular.
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People vary considerably wrt propensity towards that feeling/reaction in the first place. The most open-minded people rarely experience it.
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Open-mindedness is by definition deferring judgment and the reaction you describe is essentially pre-judging/prejudice
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I assumed that once I had shaken my super religious upbringing off, new ideas would become easier and easier to accept. They never have. It's always hard and upsetting. But it's better than stagnating.
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The Hanson Effect? When propositions ring of both descriptive truth and wrongthink, a certain kind of thinker senses potential for overlooked insight within, while a whams will sense discord, betrayal, or the potential for ostracism.
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