I arrived at a lot of my thoughts and conclusions because I tend to think differently. I used to take seriously what people said. I thought people were usually honest, understood themselves and knew what they said. I tried to be honest towards myself and others, and was open to logical argument. These features of mine seem quite normal, many people would agree that they also think this way.
People tend to have stubbornly held opinions.
They do not notice them too frequently, because these opinions are shared by most of their friends and the people in their culture. These beliefs and attitudes are, in my view, are responsible for a vast amount of human problems. Not only for fights and wars, but also for scientific backwardness. I saw one scientific report on seat belts 25 years ago, and from then on I used seat belts. You can probably see how I easily get myself in conflict with other people.