change one's mind
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“Those pleas mostly fell on closed ears, obviously with tragic results. You listened, Sia. It is so very difficult to listen, and harder yet to change one’s mind based on new information. You have to be brave to listen.”
From Washington Post
Was it really possibly to change one’s mind as an adult?
From Scientific American
It is much easier to change one’s mind than to change one’s voting affiliation.
From New York Times
Dyson’s contradictions might seem confusing, but I can hear him politely and methodically explaining the rationality of seeing reality from different reference frames, of holding mutually opposing views and of being free to change one’s mind.
From Nature
This is a verb, meaning to change one's mind abruptly.
From BBC
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