Is a “answer” really just a accepted “opinion”?
Any thoughts?
How about “opinion/belief/truth/explanation/answer/solution”?
what is going on with this?
Opinions are ones own, but answers/explinations/solutions will vary according to the situtations at hand.
If one does not question a opinion presented as an answer…does it automatically assume “answer” status?
What if you quetion it…and it is in fact wrong? I see alot of people that present their opinions as facts(who questions facts?), But when questioned…they break apart and are exposed as mere opinions.
Any thoughts on this?
Good point.
I think people develop opinions from various ideals which they adapt to suit themselves. While people may use facts, they may aslo bend these same facts to suit their opinions.
What is an opinion though? A belief? An idea? I think when one has an opinion, it is seen fact to that person, and so, is presented as such. When that opinion is then questioned with something that person failed to take into account - the opinion breaks apart, and is most likely reformed to become a new opinion. This would be an almost everlasting cycle.
An answer is what I believe. An opinion is what you believe.
seems lately that the more “answers” I question…the more personal “opinions” I discover.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I am not exactly sure how to respond to this amature thread. First of all, I’d like to well come you newbies to ILP.
Now let me solve the problem for you.
Answer is a response to a question.
Opinion is a subjective answer, while truth is an objective answer.
I recommend you read the basic writings of Wittgenstein or some of my earlier posts.
Hint: Search for Pinnacle of Reason as the author.
Depends on wether you go in for the inductive fallacy bit.
I am sorry this thread could not be made to suit your higher level of wisdom, PoR.
I hold Socrates’ belief; the only true wisdom exists in knowing that you know nothing. You obviously seem to know something, so I wonder, does that make you wiser as you imply, or more foolish?