“But regardless of whether or not there was an objective answer, the radicals were more likely to trust their opinion was correct than to question whether they might have gotten it wrong.”
That attitude has generally been known in society as “bull-headedness” or being a horse’s ass.
I’ll bet you every Leftist journalist and extreme democrat looks at this and thinks,
“Yup. damn conservatives will never change their minds.”
And you won’t be able to convince the Leftists that they are wrong.
Exhibit A: TDS.
If there were an "objective answer" does that mean that it was so obvious that one could call it without fail?
These geeks sit down and count little dots, then show them to a group of people, and ax the group to select which one has the most dots.
If they are very close {and in order to pick different results, they must be close} then it's no wonder that someone {anyone} would stick with their own opinion {guess}.
The sheep in the middle of the pack are more easily led {surprise, surprise, surprise} to change their opinion.
“open societies”
Isn’t that a Soros buzzword?