Has a thread on AH ever played a part in changing your mind?

strobe

Ok, so I used to genuinly think the beatles were over rated. Also my opinion on abortion has changed. Both these things, these opinions of mine changed, in part, obviously not exclusively, because of threads on boards.


So I've seen the same people arguing the same points in seperate threads over the years with always the same result. One side says "I believe this" the other side says "You're wrong, this is what's true" and it goes on and on and on and on.

So what I'm wondering (bare with me [I know]) is have you ever, in the time you've been on boards, changed your opinion on something, in part based on a boards thread.

Like I said, I no longer think the Beatles were over rated. Also my opinion on abortion has changed. Although, obviously, in both cases, threads on boards weren't completely responsible, they played a part in both of my opinions changing.

So has it ever happened for you? If you feel like sharing, what exactly has boards.ie or after hours facilitated your shift in opinion in?

Or are we all just screaming at a brick wall? :cool:

Daemos

It's made me reconsider the sanity of man

That_Guy

Nothing in AH or anywhere else on the internet has changed my opinion on something. If I believe that the Beatles are over rated then I'll find loads of people who agree with me just like there's loads of people who'll disagree with me.

If you believe in anything, you'll always find someone, somewhere on the internet that agrees with you.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I've actually considered this recently, not just AH but arguments in general and wondering what is the point in them

I know I usually don't put forward an opinion unless I considered myself reasonably well informed on the topic and as such, I don't think I have ever changed my mind

And I don#t think I've ever seen anyone else change their mind

Then I was wondering whats the point? And I concluded that it may help other people who haven't made up their mind to actually pick 'a side of the fence'.

When I am unsure of a topic, I usually look at arguments, columnists and letter writers which I reckon gives a more rounded view of a topic.

But no, a thread on AH has never changed my mind.

Yore ma's Nazis

Senna

I thought Feeky Magee was just some dumb kid, till a thread in AH made me realise he's a legend.

strobe

That_Guy wrote: »

Nothing in AH or anywhere else on the internet has changed my opinion on something. If I believe that the Beatles are over rated then I'll find loads of people who agree with me just like there's loads of people who'll disagree with me.

If you believe in anything, you'll always find someone, somewhere on the internet that agrees with you.

I agree with you completely. But surely you are still open to having your opinion chalenged if someone, anyone, can put forward a good argument?
(Excuse spelling mistakes ect...)

Agent Smith

That_Guy wrote: »

If you believe in anything, you'll always find someone, somewhere on the internet that agrees with you.

wow! Your right!

liah

I'm always open to having my mind changed, and I don't understand people who say nothing will ever change their mind.. it makes no sense to me. If someone presents better facts or a better argument in general than you, do you just gloss it over and pretend it didn't happen and vehemently defend your point of view?

I've changed my mind on plenty of things over the years. Drugs, alcohol, marriage, sex. Boards hasn't been a contributing factor as of yet, though. It probably will be, eventually, but it hasn't changed my mind on anything monumental that I'm aware of, anyway. But I'm not going to close my mind to being changed on things. To me that just seems ridiculous.

How can you learn anything if you refuse to contemplate other viewpoints?

epgc3fyqirnbsx

It'd be a ****ty little world if we agreed on everything anyway, boards.ie probably wouldn't exist

I am fortunate though, I have the luxury of always being right. There was one time where I thought that I was wrong but it turned out I was right

recylingbin

Before joining here, I'd heard it was a place that was over moderated by humourless, less than clever, internet bouncer types.

Has anything made me change my mind?

minidazzler

Yeah, I used to hate the British for totally ****e reasons TBH.

I used to be against abortion.

But I think these things would have come about for me without boards anyway, Maybe not without the internet though!

Sharpshooter

recylingbin wrote: »

Before joining here, I'd heard it was a place that was over moderated by humourless, less than clever, internet bouncer types.

And yet you still joined?

strobe

liah wrote: »

I'm always open to having my mind changed, and I don't understand people who say nothing will ever change their mind.. it makes no sense to me. If someone presents better facts or a better argument in general than you, do you just gloss it over and pretend it didn't happen and vehemently defend your point of view?

I've changed my mind on plenty of things over the years. Drugs, alcohol, marriage, sex. Boards hasn't been a contributing factor as of yet, though. It probably will be, eventually, but it hasn't changed my mind on anything monumental that I'm aware of, anyway. But I'm not going to close my mind to being changed on things. To me that just seems ridiculous.

How can you learn anything if you refuse to contemplate other viewpoints?

Thank you.

No relation to the quoted post:

"It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people."

recylingbin

Sharpshooter wrote: »

And yet you still joined?

You weren't a moderator when I first joined.

stovelid

Not core issues (my beliefs) but plenty of times my stance on smaller issues has changed a bit. Usually from just seeing another side and coming into contact with people with a more expert view of experiences, We can all waffle a little, and it's cool to put straight.

alwaysadub

strobe wrote: »

Ok, so I used to genuinly think the beatles were over rated. Also my opinion on abortion has changed. Both these things, these opinions of mine changed, in part, obviously not exclusively, because of threads on boards.


So I've seen the same people arguing the same points in seperate threads over the years with always the same result. One side says "I believe this" the other side says "You're wrong, this is what's true" and it goes on and on and on and on.

So what I'm wondering (bare with me [I know]) is have you ever, in the time you've been on boards, changed your opinion on something, in part based on a boards thread.

Like I said, I no longer think the Beatles were over rated. Also my opinion on abortion has changed. Although, obviously, in both cases, threads on boards weren't completely responsible, they played a part in both of my opinions changing.

So has it ever happened for you? If you feel like sharing, what exactly has boards.ie or after hours facilitated your shift in opinion in?

Or are we all just screaming at a brick wall? :cool:

It might not have necessarily changed my mind about things,but it has given me wider prospectives on other people's opinions and made me see that i'm not the only one who thinks certain things as well as seeing the other side of the story in a way i might not have thought about
Mainly though it's just given me great laughs

Sharpshooter

recylingbin wrote: »

You weren't a moderator when I first joined.

So you re regged?

recylingbin

Sharpshooter wrote: »

So you re regged?

I missed your sparkling wit.