Personal Bias And Ideas

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With the country and society being divided so much today, considering all viewpoints that are had, as well as, acknowledging and working against your own personal biases is the most important part to get to the ultimate truth about a disputed question. The number one thing that one has to do to be able to discover this ultimate truth is to listen to the other ideas that are presented to them. Not only listening, but also breaking apart and analyzing what this idea is. While many people will listen to other ideas, they do not actually analyze what the idea is; instead, they will just dismiss the idea because they do not initially agree with it. Since many people will just dismiss an idea before they actually learn anything about it or research

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