π I used to have this disease.
Now I have the disease where I try to present appropriate data and POVs, knowing full well that most people are in no emotional position to accept anything that threatens a pre-existing worldview--but also that there are other people despairing over how little facts seem to matter to most; and that they seem to despair a bit less when they know they're not alone.
So, I present arguments for them.
I call it "pragmatic futility", & I'm definitely in a late stage.
I'm the same: new info can change my views as abruptly as necessary.
But I embrace constructive dissent and the idea of holding multiple views in tension, which is *not* what most are trained to do.
As you note, the conflation of position with ID is the culprit - and it not only makes folks resistant to change; it makes arguing more likely to entrench them in their initial POV.
So after learning that... my whole approach to argument flipped.
π As it should with new data, right?