(April 6, 2011 at 4:13 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: The mind is dynamic. You aren't the same person now that you were a minute ago. You can't view a situation from multiple directions at the same time with the same mindset and trust that you will remain objective throughout the excercise. Even if you could hold the same mindset, that wouldn't necessarily be a good thing. You could miss something through your rigidity of thought.
I never claimed I could hold the same mindset. To be considered an openminded person, you have to be able to consider a lot more possibilities when making a decision than a narrow minded person is able to do. That is my basic point.