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Sisaliker
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21 Jun 2014, 2:15 pm

I think that people can influence me very easily. For example, I read someone's opinion and everyone agrees with it and I don't know anything about that, then I agree with it or change my way of thinking of that. Almost all the time, I got no opinion about something or I can't think about it at all. Sometimes it seems like that I have "no" brain to think about every day topics.
For example, people didn't like old prime minister of Estonia, who was former communist and people said that he does not care about people at all. Now there came new prime minister, young - like people wanted. They do not like that also. I can't decide about that, should I like new prime minister or dislike him. Only single person can affect my decision.



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21 Jun 2014, 3:17 pm

I am nothing like that. I got very strong opinions about anything I know and if I don't know anything I either don't care (therefore - I don't have any opinion about it and I clearly say I am indifferent) or do my best to find out as much as I can about it and then make my opinion.

Other people don't influence me. Of course I listen to what they say but in the end the decision if I share their opinion or not is my own choice. They are just a source of knowledge, one of many. I can agree with them or not - depending what I personally think about it. And quite often I disagree. People tend to make their opinions according to the media and their personal likes or dislikes (I know some woman voting for a politician just because they consider him good looking...) without any real knowledge. Sometimes the knowledge makes a difference.

About the two politicians you mentioned - if I were you I could read what their statements/achievements are and choose one of them, both of them or none of them depending on what I found. It's not like I know them personally so it isn't about "likes and dislikes". It is about what they can do to the country.



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21 Jun 2014, 3:34 pm

Well, ex prime minister lead nation out of 2008 financial crisis. In 2014 he resigned and then there came negative news about Estonia's finance, which is in fall right now. And new prime minister is more Socialist, trying to make people life much easier.

Usually I am trying to stay neutral in things, for example, someone suggests to go to party, I will never go there because it is not my "style". Mostly I am influenced about others opinion of day's news. If I do not have really big knowledge about something, my opinion is near zero.



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21 Jun 2014, 4:40 pm

Every person on Earth will believe what they read unless they've been made aware of the idea that they should not be doing that, or have been conditioned from previous experiences to not do so.

It's part of human nature, and no one is really exempt from it if they have the capacity to understand or at least absorb partial amounts of what they perceive.

Just as an example, it's a primary reason as to why religion was so heavily dominant in the past - it was the only thing taught. Now that science is taught alternative to religion, there are a ton more atheists/agnostics etc than there used to be. I suppose philosophy could be regarded as being different to religion and science also. There are just a lot more ideas now.

I could post a false reference attached to this post, which outlined why everything I have written here is true, and it is likely that no one would question it. It may be the most invalid study in the world, yet it would be accepted because the effort required to educate oneself on what is being written, and the paper itself, outweighs (by our nature) the consequences of not doing so. It's a reason why I don't exactly support referencing (of this specific kind) on forums, as research papers hardly depict the discussion going on, despite radiating that appearance at first glance.


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21 Jun 2014, 4:55 pm

Well, I have no interest forming opinions on something I have no interest in.

Often the human mind is impressionable and influenced by every message that a person would come across. It takes a rare individual to step back and form an opinion on everything, that's not going to happen.

I hold detailed opinions on the special interest and a few other things like politics but that's it for me...


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21 Jun 2014, 9:55 pm

I'm a very hard person to influence. I've always had a mind of my own, and I was never one to change my opinions just to fit in. I've been told by my mum that I'm very stubborn and opinionated. I wouldn't agree that I'm stubborn, though. I see it as having a strong personality other than being stubborn.


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