You can be out of the loop on something and still have an opinion on it. In fact, most opinions are not well-informed ones. Go read any political discussion and

You can be out of the loop on something and still have an opinion on it. In fact, most opinions are not well-informed ones. Go read any political discussion and you'll see a lot of strong opinions of complicated issues that boil down to a feeling the person has. Just examine the things that you buy; surely you don't mindlessly buy whatever the experts say you should, right? I know almost nothing about cars, but I still have an opinion on which I buy.