How Do You Prove Your Opinion?
How do I improve the truth value of a collective subjective opinion?
The collective subjectively true belief is subjectively true because there are other conflicting beliefs that may explain what has been observed. So long as there is at least one conflicting view, the collective view can only be considered subjectively true.
This is true, because a hypothesis must meet both the necessary and sufficient condition for absolute truth. A hypothesis meets the necessary condition when it explains the observed. This is a low bar. However, to meet the sufficient condition, all but one, known and unknown, conflicting hypotheses must be proven false. In other words, an absolutely true hypothesis must be the only possible explanation for the observed. Since all unknown hypotheses can never be discovered, absolute truth is always just out of reach. However, if all known conflicting hypotheses are disproven, the surviving single hypothesis can be considered objectively true. But a rational person continues to maintain an open mind.
So you can do two things to improve the value of a subjective opinion:
- Disprove all known conflicting opinions with tests (more data);
- Turn over every stone to discover more plausible hypotheses. Each time a new one is proposed, and disproven, a person’s confidence in their opinion can grow. It is best to seek out others with different experiences;
