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Sounds good. That’s the way that I have always taken it. No problems here.When I say the words, "The way I see it," in posts that I make what Im saying is that it's just my opinion, not that I'm stating it as fact. Im just making an educated guess, or stating my position.
It's very tedious to attach "This is just my personal opinion" on each and every thread that you post. You post the thread. Of course it's your opinion (by default)."The way I see it,"
If you have to say this after a decade of being here, then you know those words are falling on blind eyes. Whatever you're trying to stop from happening by using that disclaimer, there are some bloodthirsty sharks here that this won't work on.When I say the words, "The way I see it," in posts that I make what Im saying is that it's just my opinion, not that I'm stating it as fact. Im just making an educated guess, or stating my position.
I don’t go that far. If I get enough information to be able to independently verify, I can accept something as a fact even if it isn’t accompanied with a bibliography.Unless a statement is accompanied by some sort of citation, I implicitly assume it is opinion. This is how in goes in everyday, normal conversation of which this message board is an extension.
I would even go as far to say that even if someone aspires to commmunicate a fact, that will never be the same as an actual fact, not matter how you see it. It still needs to be qualified. Without this qualification, even a "statement of a fact" remains close to an "opinion"; namely the opinion that someone consider this to be a fact. But the receiver should always make it's own evaluation.Unless a statement is accompanied by some sort of citation, I implicitly assume it is opinion.
I don’t think anyone actually reads the studies.
Maybe they do. I hope so.
Facts can be opinions in the same way “literally” can mean literally or figuratively.I would even go as far to say that even if someone aspires to commmunicate a fact, that will never be the same as an actual fact, not matter how you see it. It still needs to be qualified. Without this qualification, even a "statement of a fact" remains close to an "opinion"; namely the opinion that someone consider this to be a fact. But the receiver should always make it's own evaluation.
One could even make a case that facts, if defined by some statistically confidence level, can still be relative to your sampling. Thus two persons can justify incompatible effect facts, and that is not a contradiction at all.
I like that one!Facts can be opinions in the same way “literally” can mean literally or figuratively.
It’s funny because it’s true.I like that one!
That’s great! Thanks for pointing this out.It’s funny because it’s true.
Definition of LITERALLY
in a literal sense or manner: such as; in a way that uses the ordinary or primary meaning of a term or expression; —used to emphasize the truth and accuracy of a statement or description… See the full definitionwww.merriam-webster.com
This required a new thread?When I say the words, "The way I see it," in posts that I make what Im saying is that it's just my opinion, not that I'm stating it as fact. Im just making an educated guess, or stating my position.
I don't think this is necessary for you to explain. I think it's clear to me. lolWhen I say the words, "The way I see it," in posts that I make what Im saying is that it's just my opinion, not that I'm stating it as fact. Im just making an educated guess, or stating my position.
Getting a bit more philosophical that then OP intended? but as I saw that picture with the horses reflectign over the dude with the bat I could even argue that our whole word is made up by opposing views. The tension/contradiction implicit in the differing views, is what makes nature non-trivial and dynamical. Some effective objectivity is what remains when we start interacting with differing views, and at some point we may reach equilibrium where we agree to disagree, and the corresponding invariants from that are "objective facts", or at least "effective objective fats" on moderate timescales.This required a new thread?
Is it necessary to always use "I" or "you" in your post?When I say the words, "The way I see it," in posts that I make what Im saying is that it's just my opinion, not that I'm stating it as fact. Im just making an educated guess, or stating my position.
Something has to be said for experiential credit and the knowledge gathered.I don’t go that far. If I get enough information to be able to independently verify, I can accept something as a fact even if it isn’t accompanied with a bibliography.
FWIW, I agree it’s a good idea to provide links to sources. I do that pretty often, but I don’t think anyone actually reads the studies.
Sure but that’s a little harder to gauge on an Internet forum. It gets tricky when people start appealing to authority. And some folks talk a good game, particularly when it comes to something squishy like “self defense.” It can be difficult to tell the difference between shark and a remora, sometimes.Something has to be said for experiential credit and the knowledge gathered.
If it looks like it, and smells like it, it usually is. If a person needs more proof (for whatever reason), it is on them.