One thing it may help to ask before giving up is what they would have to learn to persuade them to change or reconsider their view.

Basing your identity on these kinds of principles enables you to remain open-minded about the best ways to advance them.

be confronted head on with new first-party evidence. This is how you change even the most stubborn beliefs. This is how I went from being deeply religious to agnostic in the space of 12 months, from low confidence to self-believing in my transition from childhood to adulthood, and from being a terrified public speaker to having unshakeable confiden

For many people, changing course is also a sign of weakness, tantamount to admitting that you don’t know what you are doing. This strikes me as particularly bizarre—personally, I think the person who can’t change his or her mind is dangerous. Steve Jobs was known for changing his mind instantly in the light of new facts, and I don’t know anyone wh