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In Reply to: Re: Well, I find it funny we feel compelled to identify that we are.... posted by gware on October 25, 2002 at 22:56:45:
Eric, I'm not one for intricacies of language, but seems to me that
when someone uses IMO or JMO, they are often attempting to delineate
opinionated statements from factual statements for reader or listener clarification? Often posts or
conversations, etc. are comprised of an admixture of fact and
opinion, don't you think? I think this is not confined to just
the Net, but is perhaps highlighted via it since the Net provides
unprecedented communication twixt so many people. - AH
Follow Ups:
That's why I use it, just so people know it's not a true fact. Actually, for the internet, boards in particular, IMO should be the default, and facts should be prefaced by an acronym, would be much less work for everybody.
opinion, unless they note it is someone else's opinion. Even experts can give an expert opinion. It is up to the listener or reader to decide if that opinion CONTAINS facts or fluff for that matter. To the listener beware. That is why it is a good idea not believe everything you read or hear.:o)mp
but I agree, it is usually apparent for most *reasonably intelligent* people how to put info into context, and the way it's offered into context. However, not even close to everybody, in general, can do this. If they could, we would not have the types of mass advertising we do, and a lot more people would find much of it offensive. For instance, anybody anywhere who ever asks a "what's the best xxx?" type question is probably incapable of doing it, IMO (is IMO allowed in THIS context?). They do believe this question actually has a factual answer that is absolute truth. One of my favorite articles ever was Isaac Asimov's about the 9 different types of truth.If you believe something to the core of your being, and you state it as fact, but you are in actuality incorrect, are you being untruthful? Most considerate people would probably say you're not, yet you would be giving bad/false information. People who do that are tough to deal with, and are well over-represented on the internet. IMO, of course!
on this forum board. You are talking to some pretty intelligent folk.
I see it used a lot (in the asylum) when people are telling you if they like something or find it good or bad....purely opinion. Even facts are open to interpretation because they are tainted with human perception and experience...we are not machines, and everything we know comes through the filter of our mind.mp
"anything anyone says should be regarded as their opinion...".
Case in point, go to Steve Tafkas and my recent posted conversation
about wrestling, much of what I posted IS VERIFIABLE FACT.
For example, it is NOT MY OPINION that Sammartino defeated Rogers
on such and such date at such and such place, it's historical fact
that was duly recorded via the media and placed in the record books
for all to see. - AH
either by your personal knowledge, or from trusted sources.
people have been known to lie and present false data!
Sometimes facts are not always cut and dried because fact is always intertwined with opinions and perceptions of the one supplying it..
Case in point:
The sky is blue...to me
The sky is grey to my color blind neighbor.:o)mp
Your postion of cautious skepticism may be ideal, but I consider it
impractical and most likely unrealizable in any consistent manner.
Better to strike some midpoint twixt your postion and that of uncritical acceptance. Doubt if many at this forum would be
willing or even consistently capable of following your recommendation.
As for lying and presenting false data, this is obvious to most
discerning people. People can also be simply mistaken. Following
more a more practical, balanced modus operandi, I consider your
case in point to be the exception, my operating assumption would
be to economically assume that most people I interact with do indeed
see something approximating a blue sky. - AH
I don't analyze it, it happens naturally.
Someone who tells me the toothfairy left him a quarter, I will not believe them, even if they say it is true, actually even if it is true...because it doesn't match what I percieve to be true.Here is another example, you used in an earlier post:
Winning and losing verifiable recorded data:
in Japan, I have heard, that to win you must tie, a tie is the ultimate goal. (this may or may not be true) but it could be.
So the winner in your case would actually be a loser."One must take things with a grain of salt"
:o)
mp
If you're implying that analysis doesn't or can't occur on a subconsious level, which I take you consider "natural", then I have
to disagree. As for your comments on Japanese rules, I have a
friend who regularly toured the pro wrestling circuit in Japan (wrestling is big there) some years ago and the NWA rules are the
same there as the USA, no cross-cultural conflict or contradiction
in that regard. In chess, a lower-rated player who ties a
higher-rated player, could consider himorherself a winner of
sorts in a subjective sense and relish that, and vice-versa for the
higher-rated player, but objectively, the fact remains that, according to the rules of chess, the game was judged a tie and duly
recorded that way,
(neither lost nor won the game), even though
the lower-rated player gained rating points and the higher-rated
player lost them. The record book data is objective and not
subject to interpretation. - AH
are you implying that human perception does not play in the INTERPRETATION of facts?mp
things like expectation and selective bias. -AH
one rarely uses the term "IMO" one, with intelligence enough to actually hold a conversation with another, would know the difference.You see it typed over, and over on the forum boards though. It is odd.
I think more than distinguishing fact from opinion, it might be that we feel the need to be extra careful how people percieve us, because others only know us by what we type, our written word. We can't use other forms of nonverbal and verbal cues..so I think it's just an extra precaution people take...an insurance policy so to speak.
mp
Possibly these are interwined depending upon personality types, e.g,
I know "know-it-alls" who almost never qualify their statements with
JMO in conversation, whereas, others, who are concerned both with
perceptions by others and their own standards of objective
truth, qualify their statements when appropriate. Appears to me that "know-it-all" or dogmatic types aren't
concerned with OT and relish in fostering others perceptions that
their opinions are solid fact to foster their own egocentric
perceptions of themselves. - AH
my everyday conversation, I don't hear it on the news, I don't hear it on tv, I don't even read about people using that term in books or the paper. When I first started to visit the asylum, I had to ask my hubby what that IMO meant...didn't get it at first.It seems to be unique to computer forums.
People say I liked this or that there the best IMO (who elses opinion could they be referring to?). I have used the term only a couple of times, and I'm not a no it all or egocentric. I trust that people know when I say I like or don't like something, it is indeed just my opinion.mp
Dear Mrs. Piggy,I agree that IMO and IMHO have become over-used. You give a good example with "I like....best, IMO". "I like" introduces an opinion; therefore, "IMO" is redundant. In correct web-speak, IMO should be substituted for "I like..." or "I think...". e.g., "IMO, ...is the best."
See my post above for my opinion on the validity of "IMO" and "IMHO".
I remain humbly,
Ted
more generalized qualifications than IMO, IMHO, and many others on
the lists on the Net. Never heard of most of them until I saw them
on the lists. In my collective experiences, many times know-it-alls
are toned down by others with statements like, "that's just your
opinion", corrective feedback, as it were. Admittedly, much of my experience has been around academia
where even much casual conversation exhibits rather quasi-formal,
argumentative tones, and probably would not be representative of most
causal, everyday conversations of the general population. - AH
a coincidence, right after posting the above message, I sat down
and half-attentively watched the movie "Stigmata" on Sci-fi Channel,
in an early scene, a priest named Andrew was arguing with his
superior. The superior said something like, "And this is fact..."
Andrew responded, "...this is my opinion"!! My ears perked up
and I smiled. Life is full of little surprises, thought it was worth
mentioning.
-AH
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