We want to be open-minded enough to accept radial new ideas when they occasionally come along, but we … - Michael Shermer

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I think good creative writing opens up space for people to come into. Let God reach out and touch the human soul. That's not my job. I get to be present and create as much space as I can. . . That frees me up just to be creative in the way I want to be.

Michael Shermer

We want to be open-minded enough to accept radial new ideas when they occasionally come along, but we don't want to be so open-minded that our brains fall out.

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