infinite_ass@leminal.space to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIf you're right through manipulation (propaganda, marketing, etc), are you really right?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down128
arrow-up1-20arrow-down1message-squareIf you're right through manipulation (propaganda, marketing, etc), are you really right?infinite_ass@leminal.space to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoIf you describe an opinion as right or wrong, you are talking about the opinion’s relation to reality. And opinions certainly do have such relation.
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoNo, whether or not you like the colour blue does not matter to reality. Whether you consider it blue is, but that is not an opinion. opinions aren’t fact. They’re just a subjective bit of meaning you’ve got in your head, and only in your head.
If you describe an opinion as right or wrong, you are talking about the opinion’s relation to reality. And opinions certainly do have such relation.
No, whether or not you like the colour blue does not matter to reality. Whether you consider it blue is, but that is not an opinion.
opinions aren’t fact. They’re just a subjective bit of meaning you’ve got in your head, and only in your head.