its perfectly okay to change your position on something when you receive new information

isn't that what trump said to raffensperger?

Remember 2004, when George Bush successfully convinced like half of the country that one of John Kerry's greatest failings was that he was a "flip-flopper"? This drove me absolutely bonkers at the time; who would not want to alter their position based on significant new information?

It's not just okay, it's imperative.

I did that with religion. Brought up strictly religious with a lot of trauma. Have now left it all behind, so much happier!

from what I've seen actually it's customary to construct a web of lies in order to assert that you've actually ALWAYS had the new position

That is the most important sentence ever written on the internet. Too many of us (humans) have our opinions set in stone yet the definition of science is to question everything, including what you think is factual.

what would make you change your position on empiricism

Seriously like *at least* half our problems could be accepted if people adopted that mantra.

it’s actually so weird when people double or even triple down on a stance just because they invested so much into their original stance

It’s what I do. I expect others to do the same.