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Not really. For example, "I think broccoli tastes delicious" is a legitimate opinion. On the other hand, "I think broccoli tastes like sulfuric acid" is not a
by shawn-butler 14y ago
Not really. For example, "I think broccoli tastes delicious" is a legitimate opinion. On the other hand, "I think broccoli tastes like sulfuric acid" is not a valid opinion because it is absurd. Namely ingesting sulfuric acid in any real quantity to make a determination of flavor would have killed me.
- lutusp 14y ago> On the other hand, "I think broccoli tastes like sulfuric acid" is not a valid opinion ... Of course it is. By definition, opinions aren't statements about objective reality, they're expressions of personal taste and subjective experience. The only sense in which an opinion is "legitimate" is the idea that everyone is entitled to his own, never that an opinion might correspond to reality. The latter isn't an opinion, it's a hypothesis.