Nowadays be an open minded person is cool, is considered a good thing, is be that guy that is capable of hear an argument with calm and openness.That sounds good, but it is good only when you use a health dose of skepticism to balance your openness, otherwise is a dangerous path.
An open mind without a good filter is a mind open to misticimism, is a mind that will fall prey of charlatans, fools and fraud. Be open to new ideas can be as dangerous as isolate yourself, if you don't be careful you will get hurt. A person that use reason, but is incapable of empathy is a person with anti-social disorder, a person that don't use reason as a shield against emotions and impulses is a fool. Logic and reason are the weapons of the wise man, empathy and openess are the lens of the erudite, and the combination of both are the path not only to the truth but also to happiness.
It is important to be open-minded, but not so open to the point of letting the brain fall.
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