text: A second reason formulating an opinion of your own from other people's experiences is important, is because you don't want to base all of your own thoughts off of only one person's story. When you communicate with a variety of people, you get to see different stories and not just the same opinion stated multiple times by the same group of people. An experiment conducted by Buzzfeednews. com on politics showed that more than 65% of participants changed their view on their personal best candidate after hearing stories and opinions from people who support different political parties. The experiment took 11 republicans and 11 democrats, put them in a room with cameras, and had them discuss their opinions on why they voted for who they did. There were some disagreements, and controversial topics discussed. However, in the end, most people were not completely set on just one party anymore. Understanding other people's views on this topic, whether you agree with them or not, not only helps in being more open-minded, but you also get to hear other people's stories and not base your thoughts all on one person, or a group of people's opinion.