@Joe C it is most possible that we confuse ourselves as free and open thinker. to reach that level of honesty is very hard. but we can test how open our thoughts are. we have to ask ourselves few question. 1.Can we accept others true argument even when they are are insulting us?or we will just try to skip and neglect others argument and start throwing crap at others because we don't have any reliable argument to counter.. 2. How far can we go when faced with the truth, if it can be proved that ones culture, values, morality, religion, nation, family and society teaching and our own mindset are false and pure bulls**t,then what would we do? would we accept it or just try neglect it even when we dont have any logical explanation to support why our mindset is not based on falsity. 3.Are we kind enough to criticize our thoughts even when nobody is pointing fingers at us?
I think, this thread could be called "Thoughtful Spam", which is not necessarily bad, I think, because: Quality spam is not spam. (Katzenfreund)