Open-mindedness is a state of consideration, not acceptance. Like KevinG says, you're too open-minded if you do nothing but consider, and never conclude.
This is something a friend of mine wrote:
Personality and the Closed or Open Mind.
And finally,
Quote:
Originally Posted by "Mark Lapierre"  I think ideas and beliefs are interdependent, and so focusing more on either one or the other will upset the balance between coming up with new ideas and turning those ideas into something substantial. |
From that same friend came a question, two months ago. He asked me: "Of all the things that are the most deep-seated in your worldview, your philosophy, which are merely “very important,” and which are “non-negotiable”?"
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"I read, I interpret, I think, I criticize, I oppose, I listen, I write, I question, I reply, I quote, I tell, I name, I discuss, I interpolate..., I learn, I teach, I live, therefore I am." -- Marc-Alain Ouaknin, "Mysteries of the Kabbalah", p383.
Favorite Essays I Wrote:
love,
identity & growth,
economics,
education,
equality,
definitions.
Recent Books I liked:
Anansi Boys,
Fly By Night,
Hyperion.