How do you know you're a person open to reason?

[MadMojoMonkey]

If a person can explain why they do or think something, and it's not "I don't know," then they are telling me their reasons.

Whether or not those reasons make rational sense or are based on true facts is another story entirely.


Are you conflating being correct with being reasonable?

Seems to me that you can have a load of bad reasons which lead you to believe something incorrect. So reasonable, but wrong.
At the same time, you can simply guess about something without reason and you may still be correct. So unreasonable, but right.


Is this what you mean by reason? That people have reasons for what they do?

[a500lbgorilla]

If a person can explain why they do or think something, and it's not "I don't know," then they are telling me their reasons.

Whether or not those reasons make rational sense or are based on true facts is another story entirely.


Are you conflating being correct with being reasonable?

Seems to me that you can have a load of bad reasons which lead you to believe something incorrect. So reasonable, but wrong.
At the same time, you can simply guess about something without reason and you may still be correct. So unreasonable, but right.


Is this what you mean by reason? That people have reasons for what they do?

I say "I don't know" a lot. I'll even use it to preface my nonsense.