What If...?

[Umbran]

Minds change as people die off and are replaced by new people.

And those new ideas come from... where, exactly?

Consider - do you believe the same things you did when you were 5 years old? No? So, your mind... changed?

Do you still believe the same things you did when you were, say 18 years old? In every detail?

 

[HawaiiSteveO]

That was fun, parts of it had real Saturday morning cartoon feel.

Cap with a sword ! Josh Lyman ! Tentacles ! What’s not to like ?

I should save these and watch on Saturday with a big bowl of junky cereal

 

[Paul Farquhar]

And those new ideas come from... where, exactly?

The people who are capable of actually originating new ideas make up a very small fraction of the population.

 

[trappedslider]

Josh Lyman !

just for that, you get my thumbs up....I see him now and all I can think is "cool/crazy college professor"

Interesting. I wonder if they'll do that as "in this universe T'Challa is Ego's kid", or as "Yondu kidnapped the wrong kid".

I'm betting wrong kid

EDIT: If I remember correctly, it's also one of the last things Chadwick did with marvel before his passing providing voice work.

 

[Zaukrie]

For years I thought pure capitalism was a great idea...now I don't. So, anecdotally, at least one person can change their mind. It boggles the mind anyone thinks people can't change their minds about big things.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

For years I thought pure capitalism was a great idea...now I don't. So, anecdotally, at least one person can change their mind. It boggles the mind anyone thinks people can't change their minds about big things.

Only the very intelligent revaluate their ideas when confronted with contrary evidence. Most people filter out any evidence that doesn't reinforce their established ideas.

 

[Morrus]

I liked the Iron Man nod with Stark making the battle suit for Rogers. I didn't like Carter's uniform. While in the MCU she's British instead of America, she was fighting for America while working for Americans with an American serum, etc. Stark giving her the Captain Britain uniform seemed off to me.

It’s the army, not the Borg!

 

[Umbran]

The people who are capable of actually originating new ideas make up a very small fraction of the population.

So, that actually argues in exact opposition to the idea that people don't change their minds.

If only a small number of people actually originate new ideas, then everyone else must change their minds for those ideas to become widespread. And... lots of ideas have become widespread. Ergo, there's much mind-changing going on.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

So, that actually argues in exact opposition to the idea that people don't change their minds.

If only a small number of people actually originate new ideas, then everyone else must change their minds for those ideas to become widespread. And... lots of ideas have become widespread. Ergo, there's much mind-changing going on.

Some people originate ideas, some people adopt those ideas, and some people never change their ideas, no matter what.

 

[Umbran]

Only the very intelligent revaluate their ideas when confronted with contrary evidence. Most people filter out any evidence that doesn't reinforce their established ideas.

Ah, but that process has little to do with what we colloquially consider "intelligence". In fact, it is largely independentof intelligence - the ability to re-evaluate precepts is more an emotional task than anything else.