Poll: Can an opinion be wrong?
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Well what about the people (like me) who live among people who are complete assholes, and feel extremely nervous when trying to do something kind, like saying "You guys should really stop picking on that kid, he hasn't done anything wrong. You guys are assholes." but am too nervous to not follow it up by "But that's just my opinion." Rules like that can't be applied to everything.captain underpants said:
By nature, an opinion (about a subjective matter) cannot be wrong. If a person believes, for example, that Koreans are a fictional race in World of Warcraft, they are wrong. If they say "that's my opinion" they are also wrong, that is not an opinion, that is a lie they (for some reason) believe. They may not know the difference between belief and opinion (it is a subtle one, granted), but if they have some of those beliefs, they're not smart enough to know the difference anyway.
Sometimes, it's so tempting to say a person's opinions are wrong, but that's impossible.
Sometimes, it's so tempting to say a person's opinions are wrong, but that's impossible.
Mathematically, scientifically, and in reality an opinion is just a group of words proclaiming something that can either true or false. So, therefore, and opinion can be proven wrong, but it isn't false until proven otherwise. I like to put emphasis on the proven, because saying someones opinion is wrong is not proof.
Opinions are perceptive. If you feel cold, yet the temperature is 60 degrees, are you wrong? Yes, and probably ill to boot. I figure that opinions fall into categories. There are perceptive opinions and decisive opinions. As I mentioned above, a perceptive opinion is what you see, or feel, or whatever. In the example of race, if you got beaten by a black male, who proceeded to steal your wallet, all day, you'd think "That lowlife, scummy ******. I hate black people!" which is, of course, a perception. It then aids you to create a pigeon-hole which is quickly filled with pigeon because of your previous experiences.
A decisive opinion, however, can not be wrong, nor right. It may be your opinion that God exists, but you can't prove it, and I can't disprove it.
So there's no real yes or no answer to your question, OP. Sometimes, like everything else in life, your opinion may be wrong. Other times your opinion is like a bullet-proof vest in which, no matter how stupid you sound, if you word it right, your opinion can be waved around like a big, thick, rock-hard flesh cudgel.
Just be careful of what kind of opinion you're using.
A decisive opinion, however, can not be wrong, nor right. It may be your opinion that God exists, but you can't prove it, and I can't disprove it.
So there's no real yes or no answer to your question, OP. Sometimes, like everything else in life, your opinion may be wrong. Other times your opinion is like a bullet-proof vest in which, no matter how stupid you sound, if you word it right, your opinion can be waved around like a big, thick, rock-hard flesh cudgel.
Just be careful of what kind of opinion you're using.
Opinions are subjective, as in they cannot be tested. You can have a opinion about whether a certain product was good because good is a subjective term. You can have a opinion that Hitler was good person because good is a subjective term and cannot be tested to be true. However you cannot have a opinion the effect of "Hitler was an African" because, unlike good, African is an objective term meaning it can be proven true or false. This is not to say that you cannot have an opinion ABOUT a proven fact, if one was to say that the world would better off without gravity, that is an opinion because better is a subjective term. It is his opinion on how the world would be without gravity.
In short: Opinions cannot be true or false because they are subjective.
In short: Opinions cannot be true or false because they are subjective.
Can an opinion be wrong? Maybe, maybe not, but it can certainly be based on ignorance or prejudice. Someone could read a book entirely without the relevant social context required to understand it - and wrongly hate it (or adore it!). While that person's opinion is how they feel, it's based on misinterpretation that the book couldn't have done anything about.
So someone's opinion by itself - maybe that can't be wrong. But who cares if someone says they don't like movie X? Opinions are like... well, everyone has one. What we're interested in is the reason why. The roadmap that brought you to your conclusion. And that can be wrong.
So someone's opinion by itself - maybe that can't be wrong. But who cares if someone says they don't like movie X? Opinions are like... well, everyone has one. What we're interested in is the reason why. The roadmap that brought you to your conclusion. And that can be wrong.
That's not an opinion. You make no clear stand on a given subject.Kortney said:
That's a clearly false statement.
Opinions cannot be wrong. It is subjective just as art cannot be wrong.
Calling something opinion does not immunize you from facts or even being wrong.
You can say the earth is flat in your opinion. It's still objectively false.
You can say the earth is flat in your opinion. It's still objectively false.
No, an opinion cannot be wrong, however, the assumptions that an opinion is based on can be. An opinion that is based on an incorrect premise should be seen as an opinion held in error, but the opinion itself is not wrong.
However, someone who sites their opinion in an attempt to change someone else's opinion is actually suggesting that their opinion is something more tangible, in this instance their "opinion" can be wrong.
That is how I see this matter.
However, someone who sites their opinion in an attempt to change someone else's opinion is actually suggesting that their opinion is something more tangible, in this instance their "opinion" can be wrong.
That is how I see this matter.
