Last week at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival I was walking around with a friend taking it all in, when a street musician asked us if we wanted to see a trick. I love magic so I would have loved to stop, but my friend was on a mission and politely declined. That’s when the magician said this:
“You can always change your mind.”
I turned around and flashed him a huge smile before my friend dragged me away.
He had summed up the philosophy I now try to live by. Changing my mind is what it means to be a skeptic. It’s about basing my knowledge on evidence and new information, and being open-minded enough to change my mind in spite of my prior beliefs.
Cheers to you, Mr. Fringe Magician Dude!
That’s a great anecdote.
No offense is intended, but it has sounded to me like you’re pretty settled in your current beliefs. Do you really consider yourself open to theism?
Completely unconnected to this post, just like the above commenter. I just followed you here from a comment on skepchick and had to say I love the title of the blog.
The reason I’m settled in my non-belief is that there isn’t any evidence that would suggest that there is a god. If someone were to show me that evidence then absolutely I would change my mind.
Thanks Bjørnar!