I wonder why people are so protective of their personal opinions? If you start to question the rationale behind them – the person gets uptight, and thinks that you are attacking them and their “wrong” opinion.
Do you have any opinions that you regularly test, to check that your thinking is still correct? Like: you prefer vanilla ice-cream, over chocolate – would you test to see if that still stands?
Is it an ego thing, where somebody doesn’t want to be shown in the wrong?
Love how the core point argued is the very thing comments are for!
I have a few opinions I like to be challenged on.
Is it better to become more specialised over time, i.e. an expert, or to become a generalising specialist who knows a fair bit about a lot. For me, the latter.
Is godfather 1 better than 3? I think 1…
Is doctor pepper minging? I think not…
I think sometimes people just want to be seen to give an opinion, to take part, often without knowing what the alternatives are, indeed that they even exist!
In fact, I think the real core issue is most people don’t know how to correctly make an argument and lean to criticise the person rather than the central point.
Now feel free to take apart my opinions!
It’s been a very long time since I had Dr Pepper. I can’t remember what it tastes like, so I will have to go out now to see what it’s like.
Expert/generalist – good one. If you spread yourself too thin, then you can come up against issues. However – I agree with you.
Seems to me that once you try and make somebody justify an opinion, they become all protective – unless they are a good debater.