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minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months ago My friends and family all support research and facts and are willing to accept any that challenges their preconceptions. So you might say that this is a trait that is considered essential for being a good member of your social group?
minus-squareTrousersMcPants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI would say so. I would also say it’s an important part of being an intelligent, rational individual, personally.
minus-squarelovely_reader@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIt sounds like your group wouldn’t readily welcome a member who wasn’t an intelligent, rational individual. I wonder, if a current member experienced a crisis that led them to a kind of blind, irrational faith, would they still be equally welcome?
minus-squareTrousersMcPants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoProbably not, but I would definitely try to understand what led them to that faith.
So you might say that this is a trait that is considered essential for being a good member of your social group?
I would say so. I would also say it’s an important part of being an intelligent, rational individual, personally.
It sounds like your group wouldn’t readily welcome a member who wasn’t an intelligent, rational individual. I wonder, if a current member experienced a crisis that led them to a kind of blind, irrational faith, would they still be equally welcome?
Probably not, but I would definitely try to understand what led them to that faith.