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I want to get somethings clear, all of us like to debate here and argue, and many of us here have read others dismissing a point or argument as "That's just your opinion!".
Let's get this clear, you don't have a right to an opinion, to have an opinion you must have experience and background knowledge (education, training) on that particular subject, and the degree of those two vary among members.
When you tell someone "that's just your opinion" you should make sure you have a better understanding, more knowledge, and training, than that person whose opinion you are dismissing because if you don't you don't have a valid right to have that opinion.
For example, if we have an Aeronautical engineering Professional stating his "OPINION" about avionics, radars, aerodynamics, flight, aerospace engineering, etc you cannot just dismiss that with "well that's just your opinion" because unless you have the same experience, training, and education that, that person has your own opinion means nothing.
Same thing if a person has years of training, experience, or practice with a certain subject, that's persons opinion means more than your own opinion unless your aforementioned factors are greater than theirs.
If you are a doctor, scientist, technician, engineer, computer scientist, you have a right to your professional or expert opinion, it's not "just an opinion". Just like if I or someone else is arguing with someone who is an aerospace engineer or professional medical doctor their opinions means more than my opinion in their respective profession.
Now I hope we all understand what "opinion" really means.
-A1
Let's get this clear, you don't have a right to an opinion, to have an opinion you must have experience and background knowledge (education, training) on that particular subject, and the degree of those two vary among members.
When you tell someone "that's just your opinion" you should make sure you have a better understanding, more knowledge, and training, than that person whose opinion you are dismissing because if you don't you don't have a valid right to have that opinion.
For example, if we have an Aeronautical engineering Professional stating his "OPINION" about avionics, radars, aerodynamics, flight, aerospace engineering, etc you cannot just dismiss that with "well that's just your opinion" because unless you have the same experience, training, and education that, that person has your own opinion means nothing.
Same thing if a person has years of training, experience, or practice with a certain subject, that's persons opinion means more than your own opinion unless your aforementioned factors are greater than theirs.
If you are a doctor, scientist, technician, engineer, computer scientist, you have a right to your professional or expert opinion, it's not "just an opinion". Just like if I or someone else is arguing with someone who is an aerospace engineer or professional medical doctor their opinions means more than my opinion in their respective profession.
Now I hope we all understand what "opinion" really means.
-A1