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sibelian

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24. Assuming you mean "believe what's said because X said so"... I don't know.

Reply to Rex (Reply #23)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 02:26 PM

Jun 2013

I don't, particularly.

I'm possibly being slightly disengenuous, if someone's got an history of outright lies, then clearly future stories are going to be less credible but if someone expresses an opinion on something that's different.

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Do you assess opinions based on WHO makes them or what they ARE? [View all] sibelian Jun 2013 OP

Both Just Saying Jun 2013 #1

My position exactly. Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #4

Why? sibelian Jun 2013 #10

OP asked how we assess opinions Just Saying Jun 2013 #16

I don't have an agenda in particular, I suppose sibelian Jun 2013 #35

Well I believe the messenger is important. Just Saying Jun 2013 #36

On what they are......but I've come to see I'm a minority in that, even on a supposedly Nay Jun 2013 #2

I think it's bizarre. sibelian Jun 2013 #13

'I am a Libertarian and my opinion is...' onehandle Jun 2013 #3

I don't know anything about libertarians, being from the UK. sibelian Jun 2013 #14

Libertarian Party (UK) onehandle Jun 2013 #18

... without a single seat in any house, founded in 2008. sibelian Jun 2013 #22

Both, of course. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #5

But.... sibelian Jun 2013 #12

I constructed a worthless argument. Let me try again. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #21

What they "are", mostly. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #6

On what they are. Waiting For Everyman Jun 2013 #7

Both are important. H2O Man Jun 2013 #8

Both. HappyMe Jun 2013 #9

But isn't that largely because they aready expressed idiotic opinions? sibelian Jun 2013 #15

Everybody does both to some extent Recursion Jun 2013 #11

OK, thanks, that's v well put. sibelian Jun 2013 #20

depends if the person's judgment and credibility is relevant to the validity of the opinion. nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #17

nicely put. sibelian Jun 2013 #37

Of course Duer 157099 Jun 2013 #19

Doesn't everybody do that? Rex Jun 2013 #23

Assuming you mean "believe what's said because X said so"... I don't know. sibelian Jun 2013 #24

Do you think the Bush Library makes him more or less credible. Rex Jun 2013 #25

The Library isn't something that affects my assessment of his opinions. sibelian Jun 2013 #28

Yes Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 #26

My biggest fear would be to become a binary thinker. Rex Jun 2013 #27

Huh? sibelian Jun 2013 #30

My comment was meant for his reply, not the topic at hand. Rex Jun 2013 #31

I know what binary is, yeah. sibelian Jun 2013 #32

... Rex Jun 2013 #33

Eh? sibelian Jun 2013 #29

More often than not, I take many concerns into consideration LanternWaste Jun 2013 #34