Submitted 1 day ago by gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
The first teeth you get immediately after birth just like you get your first opinions from your parents and social environment. Later in life you develop your own opinions just like you lose your original teeth (called milk teeth) and develop more permanent ones that are probably gonna last you a lifetime.
Why stop at 2. Why any number. If new evidence arises on something you might change your mind any number if times.
If you do not occasionally change your views on things even later in life based on new information, then you’re not doing very much thinking. Your thought is incomplete, we should have more than two sets of opinions.
I once had someone tell me “Ahh, everyone’s political opinions are all based on who they grew up listening to anyway!” and I did just have to ask them “Does that mean you’ve thought about none of your opinions since childhood???”
Like. No. I have a handful of opinions that haven’t changed since childhood/teenhood, and that’s just because I haven’t thought of them. Almost all of the rest of them are very different to when I was a kid.
I think most people form most of their worldview around the age of 12 to 14 years. I know I did, that is when I first learned about most of the issues I am still most passionate about nowadays. Anything I learned about earlier or later, I am more likely to change my mind about.
It’s also a healthy habit to not feel compulsed to have an opinuon on everything. I’ve made a conscious effort to only form opinions on things that I perceive to be truly important. It has saved me so much stress.
Ehh, personally I like thinking over things and forming opinions. I don’t frequently share opinions I don’t deem important, but I have 'em! Plus realizations in one area that seems small can have impacts on the opinions that are more important to you.
I feel like I should have majored in philosophy.
Let the permanent opinions replace the baby ones.
Be a shark. Constantly renew them.
Unless those permanent opinions come in misformed.
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Opinions should not be set in stone since adulthood; that’s how you get old people who are set in their ways and opposed to progression. Opinions should be open to change throughout your entire life
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 18 hours ago
Opinions should be like shark teeth. Always open to replacement.
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think you should strive to change at least one opinion a day.