"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, the dunces are all in confederacy against him." -Jonathan Swift- Did Swift get it right? I don't kow if I'm a genius. I don't, or wouldn't know if I'm a dunce. At any one time I could be either, perhaps both at once. Perhaps the latter is the paradox of human existance. I do know this, I have my opinions. Some are open to change and some are not; I don't know which ones are and which one's aren't. "Closed minded" is a bull@%#& term, however. Just because someone doesn't agree with or recognize an opinion as valid, does not mean they haven't thought it through.