I am sometimes shocked ( and almost always very disturbed) by the completely bigoted views expressed by some fellow Indian friends. How can education not teach us to open ourselves and become more tolerant. Why is the human brain unable to question seemingly the most illogical of things ? I think its well known that good intentions of educational systems can be easily subverted by teachings/workings of the social system. However what seems to strike me even harder is the ability of an otherwise rational brain to unquestioningly stick to the extreme,bigoted viewpoint in the face of a highly rational and practical argument. Does this mean that these people have limited mental faculties and they can be only rational upto a certain point and not beyond that ? It scares me to think of approaching such a cliff.
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