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by Forty Two » Fri Sep 30, 2016 3:28 pm
You need me to look the words up in the dictionary for you? Opinion means "a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge."
You said that you "guess" that the university decided on coloring books based on a cost benefit analysis and found the coloring to be the best choice. One, you did not suggest it was an opinion. You called it a guess. An opinion and a guess are two different things. A guess is an estimate or supposition - conjecture - without sufficient knowledge or information to be sure something is true.
Yes you were "guessing" what the university did or might have done.
However, to have an opinion, you would have been expressing your view or judgment about the thing. An opinion is "coloring book programs are good." Saying "iI guess that the university created the program based on a cost benefit analysis" is not really an opinion. It's a supposed statement of fact or a conjecture as to what the facts are. An opinion on the cost benefit analysis would be a view or judgment that such an analysis was done validly or was correct based on given premises.
To illustrate the point --
I think (or guess) the Earth is a perfect sphere is not an "opinion." It's a statement of fact, or mere conjecture. It's either true or not true - and there either evidence or no evidence. It's not an opinion question. Or, "I think (or guess) the Earth is flat" - that's not an opinion.
The Earth is beautiful is an opinion. The Earth may not be perfectly spherical (statement of fact), but it's perfect for us (opinion).
Opinions aren't guesses. You were taking a guess as to what the university might have done. You are either correct (if any evidence can be found to confirm it), or incorrect. But, it's not an opinion.
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Forty Two on Fri Sep 30, 2016 3:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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