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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: St_Bill who wrote (33152)10/16/2001 7:48:48 AM
From: thames_sider  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Some opinions are indeed better than others, depending on quality of the reasoning and evidence used.

This is why, although I'd certainly class myself as a relativist, I distinguish 'opinions' on matters of fact from matters of feeling.
An opinion on what has happened in history, say, can certainly be strengthened or weakened by the quality of supporting evidence and its interpretation, by logic and by likelihood.
An 'opinion' in science, backed by prediction, experiment and results, is likely to be the accurate theory depicting fact - although it may be replaced or superseded if a more accurate or specialised theory is in its turn proven.
OTOH if I claim that "X is the most beautiful woman in the world" and someone else states "No, it's Y" - I may disagree with their opinion but I have to class it as equally valid to mine - which doesn't mean it can be imposed to override my judgement...
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