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I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I donā€™t know the other sideā€™s argument better than they do.

— Charlie Munger

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No, you're not entitled to your opinion


šŸ”— a linked post to theconversation.com » — originally shared here on

If ā€œEveryoneā€™s entitled to their opinionā€ just means no-one has the right to stop people thinking and saying whatever they want, then the statement is true, but fairly trivial. No one can stop you saying that vaccines cause autism, no matter how many times that claim has been disproven.

But if ā€˜entitled to an opinionā€™ means ā€˜entitled to have your views treated as serious candidates for the truthā€™ then itā€™s pretty clearly false. And this too is a distinction that tends to get blurred.

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Opinion is the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in anotherā€™s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self.

— Bill Bullard

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The Work Required to Have an Opinion


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Doing the work required to hold an opinion means you can argue against yourself better than others can. Only then can you say, ā€œI can hold this view because I canā€™t find anyone else who can argue better against my view.ā€

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