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9/26/2013 12:36:44 PM
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How far can opinions be recognized?

I say that opinions can only be recognized as far as some senses are concerned. Taste, smell (does it smell good or bad), color appreciation (do you like the color of blue, for example), sense of humor, and the list goes on. With this list being not all inclusive, I expect you to understand the types of things I consider to be "opinion." Basically, all things that cannot be rationally explained, where it is impossible to find a universal answer. So, in the case of colors, it cannot be explained - it cannot be reasoned - that a certain color must trump another in any terms. What does this leave us with? Well I think it leaves us (yes, I know, it's ironic because i'm saying "I think") with everything else - everything that can be reasoned - being an objective issue. This leads me to understand that with many "controversies," every single "opinion" out there is simply an input given by the user to represent his thoughts on the matter, unless their input is right (if the input is right, it's a Truth). What we consider to be an "opinion" on a matter is simply a result of an incomplete understanding of the circumstances involving the matter (or the "controversy"). The opinion, then, is simply a misguided, and therefore incorrect, understanding of the "controversy." The idea came up because I've read a lot of controversies and sh1t that seemed to be aimlessly debated. Of course we debate to defend what we think to be true, and in doing so we use reason and logic to support our claims. I just think that, theoretically, if one could present a summation of EVERY point to be considered in a "controversy" the reasoning behind one side of the argument would ultimately trump the other(s). This means that in every "controversy" there is a Truth. In the end, the "controversy" was just a term used to describe a situation where an understanding of the circumstances were limited or warped. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? :D

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  • Edited by DemonicChronic: 9/30/2013 8:58:07 PM
    Personally, the only objective truth I have been able to see is existence itself. All physical laws seem to be relatively true due to the axioms that suggest the truth behind them. But what we have yet to object is if these laws remain true in all aspects of reality. That is simply because we have yet to observe and measure all aspects of reality utterly. Even so, everything that exists is experienced through your own individual phenron, which is by nature, subjective itself. All views are the result of one's own specific perception of reality. How then, can one view point trump the other to object anything when they are all rooted in similar subjective phanerons? To prove anything, we must logically rely on axioms to do so, and that in turn means that we must rely on the views of many different people. But all those different people experience reality through different subjective phanerons, so how does one know who has the right idea? Which person knows the truth in its absolute purest form?

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