Who’s More Open-Minded? This question comes up a lot and often leads to dug-heeled arguments between people closed to the possibility that they’re closed-minded. I count eight popular but flawed tests ...
Framing conversations as learning opportunities might help, but evidence is mixed. Swiss students accepted wider opinion ranges when told discussions were for intellectual stimulation vs. getting ...
A few weeks ago in the New Yorker, Jeffrey Tobin took issue with Judge Sotomayor's assertion that as a judge she would keep an "open mind." He writes, “when it comes to interpreting the Constitution, ...