There is no thing such as a wrong opinion.
An opinion is not a factual statement and thus cannot be right or wrong. It is a subjective view of the personal perception.
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ElwoodBlues · M
Suppose my opinion is that the Earth is flat. That's certainly an opinion that contradicts all the known facts and evidence. I don't think it's a mistake to call such an opinion wrong.
Another case: suppose I start spreading an opinion that garlic cures all cancer. Suppose I convince hundreds of people to eschew known effective cancer treatments and use my garlic cure instead. Not only is the garlic opinion wrong, it's deadly dangerous!! BTW, I knew a woman who had a treatable cancer. She went to Mexico for a multi-month herbal treatment. By the time she returned, her cancer had progressed so much it was no longer treatable. P.S. her opinion killed her.
Another case: suppose I start spreading an opinion that garlic cures all cancer. Suppose I convince hundreds of people to eschew known effective cancer treatments and use my garlic cure instead. Not only is the garlic opinion wrong, it's deadly dangerous!! BTW, I knew a woman who had a treatable cancer. She went to Mexico for a multi-month herbal treatment. By the time she returned, her cancer had progressed so much it was no longer treatable. P.S. her opinion killed her.
ElwoodBlues · M
@Luke73 Unfortunately, there are people who will argue with any such evidence spherical Earth and declare it insufficient (another "wrong" opinion).
Luke73 · 26-30, M
@ElwoodBlues If it's an opinion it can't be proven right or wrong. An opinion is like for example, "I don't like tomatoes". You can't objectively prove it right or wrong. Saying the earth is flat, or talking about evidence about it, that's something that can be proven right or wrong and thus isn't an opinion but a (factual) statement.