I get that. People will respond with their trauma responses. 

TNStacker

If you have to tell someone to be open-minded, are you communicating with the right folks?

I've met very smart and otherwise open-minded people who've entirely closed themselves off to religion. One friend who works on flying cars is probably who I was holding in my mind when I wrote this - he was raised very religious and resents religion as an adult, so I'd often have to defuse his defenses to discuss things like this with them.

podcasts

Peter Thiel on the Apocalypse, the Antichrist, and Modern Technology

k00b

> If you have to tell someone to be open-minded, are you communicating with the right folks?

I've met very smart and otherwise open-minded people who've entirely closed themselves off to religion. One friend who works on flying cars is probably who I was holding in my mind when I wrote this - he was raised very religious and resents religion as an adult, so I'd often have to defuse his defenses to discuss things like this with them.