Using open-mindedness and applying critical thinking we may discover useful methods or overcome resistance to change. Preconception is the greatest impediment to scientific advancement and the greatest impediment to changing procedures. But equally important, we need to avoid wasting our time on nonsense, or even on some great ideas that we cannot make use of. Mariners no longer fool us with tales of mermaids, griffins, and sea monsters. Now we have quantum mechanics, acupuncture, the unconscious, and interpsychic communication.
People can move objects with their minds.
How you think affects your immune system. Extra terrestrials from flying saucers have abducted humans. There are millions of infinitesimal creatures living in your body and mine. General intelligence is the most efficient predictor of job performance. Our sense perceptions tell us that, except for some drastic variations like the Grand Canyon, the earth is essentially flat.