Originally Posted by
SQ421
Learning to be a politician?
Here I was, under the impression that once you state something as "being a fact" then you better be stating a provable fact.
If you want to state an opinion, you start of by saying "in my opinion". Now, your opinion may have its roots in other documented or undocumented "facts".
Pretty simple primary school stuff, really.
Nope. "it is a fact" is a common phrase used in American english to state a subjective
opinion.
Let me give a simple explanation:
1) A fact can clearly be proven or disproven
2) An opinion is something which cannot be clearly proven or disproven.
Therefore, it is a fact that I have enjoyed my experiences on AI.
It is an opinion to say that AI consistently provides a good experience. I base that opinion off of facts (I and others I know have had good experiences), but it cannot be proven conclusively.
If I say "It is a fact that AI provides good experiences consistently," I am expressing an opinion. The fact that the word "fact" is in the statement is irrelevant - the statement cannot be proven or disproven conclusively, so therefore it is an opinion...
And if you don't mind, I'd like to drop this conversation. It's clearly not going anywhere, and it's just wasting our time.