The Proposition
The research sought to understand how
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Everybody likes to consider themselves open-minded. (Few, if any, people would proudly claim, "Nah, I'm closed-minded.") Like kindness and humility, open-mindedness is widely perceived as a good character trait.
As the holiday season ends, as it inevitably will, it will become the season of self-congratulatory award ceremonies.
Americans don't agree on much these days. But one thing upon which we do agree is that something is deeply broken in our society.