Many of us hold intense discussions on GS on various topics , some related to our religious beliefs, some cultural beliefs , political beliefs , some of us share such personal incidents of our lives here . Sometimes we lock horns and have fiesty discussions even trying to defend our stance ..
**Question is, have you ever changed your outlook/ beliefs / opinions based on all the discussion you have had here? Have you changed for the better?
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beliefs no, opinions maybe, outlook yet
otherwise not significantly, but the approaches changed, I dont need to discuss or argue with people not worth the lablabata hua chalakta hua wisdom from me.
When you are so struck in an argument, you do not change your opinion. You are too busy defending it da** it. I have changed my opinion only on subjects when I am not actively participating in the discussion. When I am participating in the discussion, I am trying my best to make the other person understand my opinion and would be difficult for me to change my opinion.
Best thing that happened to me here - a lady here said I engage in too many " useless and baseless arguments".
To reinforce Stormraiser 's point, it did not make an impact till abt a week later. My post/ argumentative posts ratio has now increased by nearly two orders of magnitude. Or put another way - the " useless and baseless argumentative posts" yield has decreased by nearly two orders of magnitude.
Many of us hold intense discussions on GS on various topics , some related to our religious beliefs, some cultural beliefs , political beliefs , some of us share such personal incidents of our lives here . Sometimes we lock horns and have fiesty discussions even trying to defend our stance ..
**Question is, have you ever changed your outlook/ beliefs / opinions based on all the discussion you have had here? Have you changed for the better?
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Very interesting topic. To answer your question, yes I have changed my opinions based on the discussions, not necessarily on GS though. If anyone has any logical explanation to something or if its on a religious topic, the source is quoted that can be verified, then sure, who am I to challenge that.