>You seem fairly convinced that one should adapt to local conditions and not doggedly stick to one of them
If there ever was an universal truth about any subject that's being dealt with by someone who knows even a little about said subject, it would be phrased approximately like that
"Don't be a zealot about $thing" shouldn't be considered a strong opinion
I remain a zealot about the harms of leaded gasoline and corruption, for example. Also the roundness of Earth, and the applicability of Newtonian physics at human scales. There are a large class of things you should be zealous about if someone offers opinion to the contrary!
If there ever was an universal truth about any subject that's being dealt with by someone who knows even a little about said subject, it would be phrased approximately like that
"Don't be a zealot about $thing" shouldn't be considered a strong opinion