hi tvad:
i think we agree that my restaurant example and your restaurant example represents a factual description of an event.
where we don't agree is what we would like someone to tell us about an experience--audio or otherwise.
aesthetic experiences are highly subjective. if someone says the food was spicy, or the meat was tough, or the sauce was salty--adjectives, adjectives and adjectives.
i might not agree with his perceptio and therefore would not decide against eating in that restaurant.
i say give me the facts and let me decide. giving an opinion
using adjectives doesn't help me if i am looking to buy an amp. i would like to experience evreything. unfortunately, it is not possible. so, if i am going to make a decision based upon someone's experience, other than my own, i need facts, not opinions, descriptions, not sentiment.
don't tell me the wine is sweet. tell me how many grams of sugar per ounce.
the most important opinions to me are my own, not those of others.
it's not a drab, monontonous world comprised of facts. it's information useful for making intelligent decisions.
preferences are idiosyncratic, but facts are more objective.
get two people to eat in a restaurant and you get three opinions.
as jack friday said "give me the facts, maam".
there are two many opinions, virtually no knowledge and not enough facts.
perhaps the best example is someone going to las vegas and telling me it was hot. when asked the temperature, says is 85 degrees. is 85 degrees hot ?, is a teaspoon of sugar in coffee sweet ?
opinions often obfuscate, facts clarify.
i think we agree that my restaurant example and your restaurant example represents a factual description of an event.
where we don't agree is what we would like someone to tell us about an experience--audio or otherwise.
aesthetic experiences are highly subjective. if someone says the food was spicy, or the meat was tough, or the sauce was salty--adjectives, adjectives and adjectives.
i might not agree with his perceptio and therefore would not decide against eating in that restaurant.
i say give me the facts and let me decide. giving an opinion
using adjectives doesn't help me if i am looking to buy an amp. i would like to experience evreything. unfortunately, it is not possible. so, if i am going to make a decision based upon someone's experience, other than my own, i need facts, not opinions, descriptions, not sentiment.
don't tell me the wine is sweet. tell me how many grams of sugar per ounce.
the most important opinions to me are my own, not those of others.
it's not a drab, monontonous world comprised of facts. it's information useful for making intelligent decisions.
preferences are idiosyncratic, but facts are more objective.
get two people to eat in a restaurant and you get three opinions.
as jack friday said "give me the facts, maam".
there are two many opinions, virtually no knowledge and not enough facts.
perhaps the best example is someone going to las vegas and telling me it was hot. when asked the temperature, says is 85 degrees. is 85 degrees hot ?, is a teaspoon of sugar in coffee sweet ?
opinions often obfuscate, facts clarify.