Just about everyone needs to watch this video, I think it should be part of our educational system. The only problem is that close minded people may embrace ignorance and not take in the information provided by this video.

Also, is it just me, or does this video seem to have a 1960's-70's art style?

I am glad you posted that vid geeo. I'm getting sick of people trying to impose their beliefs on me. Like, I have my own beliefs, you have your own beliefs, let's just keep it that way.

geeogree :
Well i would have to say that no one is totaly openminded..it is my mind that tells me that if you are too open you are subject to getting the wrong ideas about things. Keep in mind of Hitler, he belived that he was sent by God to purify the world. Now if you think of that idea, at first it seems like a valid and true concept. Now let me bring your attention to the ying and yang symbol. One side is dark and could mean evil. The other side is white and could mean good. But at closer inspection of the symbol, you see that there are two dots of contaditory color. A white dot on the black side, and a black dot on the white side. Now you can interpret this in a many sort of ways. But the way that I think tells more about us as humans and the nature of God(if you belive in such a thing) is this: a good deed can have the best of intentions and cause the greatest evil. Say that you wanted to protect some one that you love, so you lock them up in a room were they can never be found. would not that seem like an evil. Now the other side of the coin. Some say that guns are evil, right? Look at it from this point of view. You have a gun, an instument of death, a starter of wars. You use it to protect the ones you love, therefore it is a good and not an evil. But say you killed someone with that gun to ,say protect you wife from being raped in your home. The family of the rapist would want you to do time, so what is right and what is wrong? Think about that and tell me your side, do you agree or disagree?
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I think you misunderstood the video.

It's not about allowing yourself to be influenced by every idea out there, or about choosing right vs wrong. It's about being willing to give someone else the chance to have their opinion and give them the time of day to get their point across. If you disagree with them then that is your right, but your disagreement with them doesn't instantly make them wrong and you should not feel the need to prove them wrong immediately.

THE VIDEO HAS A GOOD POINT. pEOPLE SHOULD LOOK AROUND THEIR SURROUNDINGS BEFORE MAKING A CONCLUSION. eVEN IF THERE IS NO EVIDENCE DOESN'T MEAN IT IS UNEXPLAINED LIKE THE ORIGIN OF A CROISSANT. iT IS GOOD TO BE OPEN MINDED BUT NOT TOO OPEN MINDED OR YOU WILL BE GULLIBLE AT SOME TIMES.

This was a pretty good video, though it was pretty annoying how the guy said that god dosn't exist just cause there's no evidence. But it still had some useful information, and makes me wonder if I myself am close-minded.

I would like to quote a Philosophy professor I have taken classes from.

A realist theorist who argues that ghosts are ectoplasm and so forth, supernatural beings, believes in ghosts. A naturalist theorist who argues, in scholarly books, that ghosts are the shaking of leaves by the wind, and so forth, in his own way believes in ghosts. A noncognativist, also in scholarly books, argues that ghosts are actually the projection of ones fear of ghosts, also believes in ghosts, and is afraid of them.

In short if you have an explanation for something then you believe in that thing, and have developed a particular level of closed mindedness. The only way to get out of this is to become a positivist, who would say something to the effect of, Enough of the campfire stories. Positivists do not hold to the idea that things are true or false absolutely. Rather, they look at things in terms of patterns. In this way, only, is one able to be open minded, for nothing is fixed in the state of being absolutely true or false.

The ironic thing about this video is that while it is about open mindedness and makes valid points, it is clearly meant to advocate an extremely closed-minded point of view, putting down ideas which the writer does not believe. I'm not suggesting that supernatural concepts are necessarily true, but by his own logic you cannot completely reject an idea without conclusively proving that it is in all circumstances incorrect.
Also, while this has more to do with my beliefs, there are very few concepts, particularly scientific ones, that hold up in all circumstances; just look at the hundreds of years humans have spent coming up with ideas that were believed to be absolute truths and held up under logical arguments, only to be invalidated a few generations later. There are very few immutable facts in the world, and open-mindedness is the only way to cope with the constant changes that surround us.

Being open minded is easier then being close minded.

The video isn't perfect, but it DOES have some very important and well-presented topics that I feel it did a good job of showing. Not only did it make each point convincing, but it made it pretty easy to understand, too. I always hate it when people tell me I'm not open minded and never being able to argue, because, well, I didn't really know what to say. This video pretty much says everything i'd need to say and more.

iceycold724 :

I believe the complete opposite, it is easier to be close-minded than open-minded. Almost all people believe themselves to operate with an open mind. Whether you know little about something, or delve deep into an idea you start to form opinions that effect the way you interpret further evidence (for or against). Stating something strengthened your believe in something in a way means, I mind has formed greater bias to any additional information I will gather, or neglect. Even many Scientific Theories begin to be taken too seriously as fact, which can bias our ability to question it. I, like I have just explained feel that I am open-minded only because I catch myself closing my mind frequently. How many times did it slip past my consciousness though?

Great video. Ya some people aint open minded much these days. And sometimes we don't need to be open minded and be skeptical about some things. I guess its just how the world is these days.

The video makes some valid points, and important Ideas. Such as keeping beliefs, but not going as far as having to many without evidence. It may not be 100% perfect, or at all flawed, but it makes for a great argument, and may change someone's viewpoint on how the world works.

I watched this video and it has completely changed the way I view open-mindedness. I think everyone has something to learn from it. 

Interesting video. While it was informative, I did feel that he openly bashed religious groups without considering any validity those respective groups might have, which was ironically closed-minded. But that's just the thing, sometimes we can be closed-minded and not even know it. This man, who albeit did seem at least somewhat intelligent, seemed to blow off anything that seemed even a little supernatural. We, as human beings, do not truly know what happened before the universe and must not declare our beliefs as the "one truth", whether you are a theist or an atheist. All we can do is learn from and accept each other's beliefs and move forward together as one. But, all that aside, great video on how we should consider all possibilities and ideas so we can become more intelligent and overall better people.

Well Okay

Hey this is my nickname / music alias..... Opa the "Openminded"


My take on open-mindedness is acceptance of peoples independence in thought and a realization that their are countless unknowns which have brought them to think this way, whatever it may be. 

I try to remain conscious of this through all of my relationships (friends, dating, family, etc.)

For example, many people place high demands upon the person who they choose to be in a romantic relationship with.
As for myself, they are free to be who they were before they knew me. I request certain levels of respect from them, and if they do not provide that respect then I go my separate way of course. But if they decide they want to "hook up" with someone else while we are dating, I do not begrudge  them because of this, because I understand that I am not to be credited for their existence. and they should be free to enjoy their time on Earth however they choose. They lived on this Earth many many years before I ever met them, so who am I to come into their lives and place high demands upon them. Of course I will no longer date them afterwards, but I am always more than willing to remain a friend of theirs. 

I use this same mentality on all of my encounters with other people. The only time I do not respect how someone thinks or their beliefs is when they restrict the freedom or create pain/grief etc. towards others, thus preventing others from enjoying their freedom. Am I getting off topic

Well basically what I want to say is that if we just open up our ears, listen to how others think, and they show the same respect towards us (listing to what we think) the world would be a much better place. Instead the majority want to attack each other because we do not share similar thoughts. I've always respected uniqueness, and I will always support open mindedness, although occasionally I may need a reminder, but after all we are only human that's what friends are for

The top-rated comment amuses me simply because of how correct it is.

Ah, Open-Mindedness... my mother raised me to be Open-Minded. To be anything else would be folly indeed. I can't even begin to consider being close-minded. Or even how to be such.