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They have a right to an opinion, but that does not necessarily mean that their opinion is valid. From Wikipedia on Validity: "an argument is valid if and only i
by morganherlocker 13y ago
They have a right to an opinion, but that does not necessarily mean that their opinion is valid. From Wikipedia on Validity: "an argument is valid if and only if its conclusion is logically entailed by its premises."
- codex 13y agoWouldn't that make it a proof and not an opinion?
- ramchip 13y ago"Government officials are vulnerable to corruption, therefore unchecked surveillance is prone to be abused and should not be implemented." This statement's conclusion does follow from its premise and it's a valid argument, but not a proof.
- morganherlocker 13y agoIt would make it an argument, which I guess you could say is a subset of opinion. A proof goes back to an argument and shows that its conclusions must follow from its premises.
- HCIdivision17 13y agoThe implication of course being that these people got their opinion from a different set of premises. Which seems to be jonnybgood's point: some people are approaching this from a completely different starting position and direction, and it's not obviously invalid. Personally I worry about how long this takes to resolve; if it takes too long, there might be enough social value drift no one will be upset by this sort of thing anymore. And that will be a much harder to fix starting point. Well, I would consider it a state worth fixing, at least.
- lttlrck 13y agoargument != opinion