"If you are still ambivalent or doubtful it could be that you're just denying the information that you don't wanna get through, but either way, if you have doubt, and its safe to do so, then have more conversations, there's nothing like experiencing the empiricism of the present to free you from the illusions of the past. Evidence trumps everything, so if you're short on conclusions you can always get more evidence by having challenging conversations with people. And see how they react."