I'm not entirely sure this is a bad thing: nothing wrong with imposing a high level of rigor on incoming ideas.
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It is important to be skeptical about the old. It is equally important to be skeptical about the new.
I don’t disagree as long as it is engaged and critical (as in thought, not snark) skepticism. Group think isn’t that at all, though. It’s more like non-thought.
If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed. – Mark Twain (attributed)
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