Informed Opinions In Research

Everyone is taught from a young age that everyone else’s opinion matters just as much as their own. Children accept the opinion of their peers openly and without judgement. As people get older and gain experience in life they begin to start criticizing the opinions of others, whether this criticism comes from prejudice, cultural differences, or their own values and beliefs. These differences in people have allowed people to believe other people’s opinions are worthless or a waste of time and energy for both the speaker and listener. Every opinion is worth at least hearing. These opinions may not be educated or intelligent, but even opinions that seem worthless may inspire someone to research the topic and find the correct information and even find more details or a special interest in the topic on which they were originally misinformed. The media and politicians are especially notorious for providing information that has been skewed or twisted around to fit their needs.
A post is usually about a general topic, sometimes more specific, and then usually has a link to learn more about the topic and get more in depth on the subject. This ease of access to information on the internet is what allows the current society to be what it is, and to learn as much as what any willing person is willing to learn.
Informed opinions are more valuable than those that are uninformed, but that is simply because the information provided in a good opinion is true and well thought through allowing a listener to immediately accept the information the speaker is providing. These opinions allow a citizen to instantly learn something that may be important later. Opinions can open someone’s mind to a new way of thinking or allow them to look at the same things from a different point of view. A voter who can look at things from different viewpoints will look at these viewpoints and consider them when he casts his