All opinions are equal

Firstly I'd like to ask my opponent why we should consider each opinion carefully if there is indeed no element of equality to all opinions. If we immediately rated opinions then it wouldn't make sense to consider every possibility. Only if all opinions are equal would it make sense to consider them carefully each one on the same level of importance as the other. My opponent's argument therefore doesn't make sense in that aspect, and education and experience which everyone does have does make all opinions equal and necessary for consideration. Secondly, my opponent admits that the diversity of opinions is good. However what my opponent doesn't understand is the consequences of evaluating opinions. If we evaluate opinions, the diversity goes. For instance if we evaluated religions like Hitler did in World War Two with the Jews there would be less religions and less diversity as a natural consequence of evaluating these opinions as a society. This is why all opinions are equal and must remain equal in order to have a varied and diverse society. Thirdly, I never agreed that placing a value on an opinion was prudent. Different people will have different types of opinions. For example, if they are never asked, most people in safe communities wouldn't even be thinking about what to do if they got attacked because it isn't necessary in their daily lives. However, someone who lives in an unsafe community probably does think about what to do in that situation. Therefore, some people may not even have opinions on certain issues. If someone in a safe community was asked, there knowledge would still be just as valuable as the person in the unsafe community. The person in the safe community would probably have a logical answer that may be helpful. However, the person in the unsafe community may have a practical answer. Therefore, we probably need to combine these to forward our thinking overall which is why both of these opinions are equal. I am not placing a higher value on the opinion of the victim of the heart attack when I made that argument. I was simply saying that education doesn't contribute to a better opinion. I don't prefer the opinion of one or the other because it would probably be best to get both. The victim probably has no idea of how to cure the heart attack or complete the operation while the doctor does. The previous victim also doesn't know the cause of the heart attack which the doctor may. The previous victim may be quicker at telling what it is though. Overall both opinions are necessary because both are essential to saving the person's life. Therefore, both opinions are equal, and it is necessary to have a variety of opinions; my opponent's argument there doesn't prove that all opinions are not equal. Thirdly, as I said previously, everyone has either education or experience which verifies their opinion and makes it equal to all other opinions. Therefore, all opinions are essential for our society. Even on a topic that someone hasn't heard much about, maybe they have a great imagination and a great idea about that topic helping society as a whole. Overall, education and expertise are not necessary to have an opinion equal to everybody else's. My point with Einstein's was not that people criticize his education. People don't have to be critical of Einstein's education to help prove my point. The fact is that Einstein didn't receive the best education. Regardless of whether people criticized that or were fine with that doesn't matter. My point is that even though Einstein didn't get the best education, his views were very important to most people in our society despite the people that did criticize him. Overall, Einstein is an example of where education didn't matter. Whether people criticize that or not, Einstein still struggled with education, yet he contributed a lot to our society, and therefore, my opponent's original argument about needing education doesn't work. Overall, I believe there are many problems with my opponent's argument as I have pointed out. I still believe that all opinions are equal, help to create diversity in our society, and are extremely important to all of us. There are problems when society ranks opinions when opinions shouldn't be ranked as what people think is completely equal. Overall all opinions are equal, and the equality of opinions really helps our society as a whole, and all opinions are necessary as well as equal.