Great message, only "changing your beliefs" is not about 'ability' ...it's about willingness. Willingness to change ideas depends on how attached you are to them, and attachment depends on the amount of emotional connotation you've built around your current set of ideas. Bottom line: Close-mindedness is usually an emotional issue, not an intellectual one

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