If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.
-- Albert Einstein
Defer hard-and-fast conclusions and pursue ideas...don't kill them off too quickly.
Why would we do such a thing anyway? Perhaps more directly, why do we do this? It strikes me that we often operate out of what feels like is at stake for us, out of what we need to defend or preserve in which we've got a lot invested (whether we realize what it is or not). In other words, if 'this' isn't true or 'that' is true, then what does that say about me and what I've been saying or doing? ...it is the operating version of our identity that is often 'on the line'...that stiffens us and tempts us to kill off ideas too quickly.
It's a survival strategy deeply engrained within us. ...not to mention that we tend to like things the way we've got things arranged in our minds.
