Education & Experience

Posted by JP on October 30, 2001 at 15:15:51:

In Reply to: Before I was educated posted by Cory on October 30, 2001 at 13:51:56:

> Besides...what is so wrong about changing one's moral and political views at one time?

I don't think anything's wrong with changing - I view it more as *evolving*, really.

As I have passed 30, I've noticed that when we are young, from around 16-24 as a rough estimate, we tend to believe various things very strongly based upon certain intellectual/logical/idealistic ruminations. Then, as we actually start to *experience* some of those things upon which we have already formed opinions...our conclusions and beliefs change. And I think this is a very good thing; holding on to some ideal that is not grounded in reality to some degree is pretty worthless.

This is not meant as a criticism of younger people, but is merely an observation I've made with regard to myself and others.

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