[SpicyLemonZest]

Creationism is not a fringe idea! I think that illustrates the major flaw of your mindset. If you screen off entire categories of ideas as not worth thinking about, you're going to get a systematically incorrect view of the world.

[myko]

> Creationism is not a fringe idea!

When people discuss creationism they're usually talking about Young Earth Creationism which is absolutely a fringe idea

[SpicyLemonZest]

It is not. Over a third of American adults believe humans were created by God in their present form.

[myko]

It really depends on how you ask them the question: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-many-c...

> When asked the single-question version, just 18 percent of U.S adults say humans have always existed in their present form, while 81 percent say humans have evolved over time.

For example, most of these folks wont say the Earth is 10,000 or 6,500 years old. When asked they'll say the planet is much older.

[rtp]

Why would screening off entire categories of ideas lead to a systematically incorrect view of the world? Or why would entertaining those ideas lead to a less incorrect view of the world?

[SpicyLemonZest]

It stops you from noticing what other people believe and why, which stops you from understanding them even if you ultimately believe they're wrong.

[tw04]

Which pressures them into either keeping it to themselves or being pressured by society to change their beliefs. The “respect everyone’s opinion” is how we got Charlottesville. Tolerance can and should have limits.