Opinions can be wrong

The definition of opinion is ": a belief, judgment, or way of thinking about something : what someone thinks about a particular thing" [1]. An opinion can be formed based upon a circumstance or situation. I will provide an example. A guitarist loves to play his guitars and he cares for them. One day he goes to get his favourite guitar and he can't find it. He feels frustrated that he can't find it and asks his family if they've seen it. They say no and he feels angry and thinks they are lying to him. He then sees his sons friend leaving their house with a large black bag. Outraged, he immediately expects that the friend has stolen his guitar. For now he waits too angry to play his other guitars, his day is ruined. He decided that he won't let his son hang out with that boy. The next day he goes to his car for work and discovers that he had forgotten that he had left his favourite guitar in the car. He feels guilty for blaming everyone and when his sons friend comes over he realizes that yesterday, the friend had left with a hockey bag that held equipment. The opinions that the man formed about his family and his son's friend were clearly wrong. This proves that opinions can be wrong. My opponent then goes on to say that qualia makes all opinions subjective. The definition of qualia is "The internal and subjective component of sense perception, arising from simulation of the senses by phenomena." [2] Notice that it says "component". That means that there are other components too. My opponent seems to neglect the fact that there are other opinions other than qualia. My opponent also goes on to state what he/she thinks should be the definition of opinion without backing it up with a source. Plus he/she neglects the fact that there are other definitions of opinion. Therefore my opponents whole point is based off of an opinion about what a definition should be and is therefore faulty. Then my opponent goes on to say that there can be only two ways of disagreeing in his/her thinking. Using the word "thinking" practically just stated that this is his/her opinion, therefore not true. So then again, my opponents whole point is based off of an opinion and therefore faulty. Then my opponent goes on to explain why his/her examples are false facts. But he/she makes the same mistake of saying "I think the distance between these two planets are 6.7 light years." This is an example of an opinion. Like the definition of opinion at the top of my argument, opinions are what someone thinks about a particular thing. Therefore the student in the example thought that her answer was 6.7 light years and got it wrong. Therefore that is a wrong opinion. Here are some examples of opinions. 1. "I think brownies are better than cookies." 2. "I believe that there is a god." 3. "I think that he is guilty of murder." Only one of those were qualia. The others are based off of unproven facts and information. Therefore when my opponent says "Reject any definitions that allow for opinions to be of the first type of disagreement" this is saying neglect the other two forms of opinion. I too could say reject any definitions of qualia from my opponent but then I'd be ignoring one form of opinion. "Opinion is just about differing ideas about an object, but there is no differing ideas in a purely factual realm where all the facts are known." That is true. And my opponent would actually be right except for the fact that we don't live in a realm where all the facts are known. Therefore opinions have to be formed and then proven either right or wrong for there to be facts. Then my opponent goes on to say that opinions cannot be objectively wrong. Here is an example of an opinion. "I think Iceland will win the FIFA World Cup." Say for example that Iceland didn't win. Then your opinion which is probably based off of stats is wrong. Saying that Iceland will win is not a fact since it has not been proven true yet. Here I proved that opinions can be objectively wrong. Then my opponent states that his whole second point was based off of his/her thoughts which is an opinion. Therefore it is not reliable information and the point is faulty. [1] http://www.merriam-webster.com... [2] The dictionary on your phone