The Closed Minded Pitch

Pitch Type: Credibility

The Closed Minded Pitch claims that the reason people disagree with you is because they have closed minds.

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Liz Greene Pioneer in Modern Astrology

...I don’t think [research] is valid from the point of view of trying to prove that astrology works, because if you have the kind of mentality that is dead-set against astrology, you will try to blow holes in the statistics anyway. ... if I took that research to somebody who defines statistical research in a more "scientific" sense, they would say: "Three hundred people is nothing. What you need is 3,000 and a neutral control group." Whatever you do, they’ll find a way to set other tests.

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Context: Are people who reject theories as unscientific closed minded?

Richard Shoup Computer Scientist

Even if it were shown that all past laboratory Psi experiments were somehow flawed, the explanation would have to be highly interesting in itself, and would surely have a significant impact on science as well. Denial of the existence of Psi phenomena seems to be increasingly the refuge of those who are simply not willing to look at the evidence with an open (but still critical) mind.

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Context: Are psychic powers real?