Opinions and Advices

[Lovelight]

Ex. Yesterday, I was given romantic advices by someone a year younger than me.
Kind of pissed me off because of the age difference, but also the lack of experience he has, so I felt that he didn't have the right to tell me stuff like 'going out with your date is tons better than staying home and playing Warcraft.' (which is technically true, unless your date sucks.) He acted like he was a freaking Confucious incarnate.

Ex. 2 And then I saw Nova's criticism on Amy's RP, and my brother asked "Does Nova even have the right to say that since he probably hasn't made an RP before."
And then I told him that a lot of other people haven't created RP threads either, but are able to critique fine, I think.

Ex. 3 Same applies to art criticism. We all don't have to know how to draw realism to know that the eye looks weirdly angle on 'so and so's' portrait.

Ex. 4 Literary criticism. I heard a lot of crap being said about a lot of novels. Particularly Twilight, when half of the people haven't even read it.
I'm guilty of doing so as well, but it seems a little unfair, right?
(DON'T TALK ABOUT TWILIGHT in this thread please)

SO. QUESTION. Who would you rather hear opinions/advices from?

Someone with experience (which could result in a biased opinion)?
Or someone who knows what he/she is talking about?
Someone who thinks he/she know what he/she is talking about?
Or do you believe there's an extent?
Oooor, do you not believe in opinions/advices? Do you trust yourself to self-critique and stuff?
Or are you content if the critique came from someone older?

[Poohbomber]

Taking advice from someone who has experienced that topic is a bit risky to do, considering the fact that they are biased towards said topic, as Lovelight said.

I wouldn't mind taking advice of someone who knows about the subject, but I hate it when they act like they are better than you because of it.

I almost never take advice from people who think they know about the topic, especially if they say it like they know it's true. Which is even worse if other people agree with it.

If by you saying extent meaning there is such a thing as too much advice, I have to agree that there is such a thing as too much advice.

To never rely on someone else and only rely on yourself with opinions is a bit egotistical. So yes I do believe in opinions/advice because it is always a good idea to get a second opinion, even if you don't like it.

I generally go along with the advice of older people, simply due to the fact that they may have done it themselves, or experienced it. Not always saying that old people are right, it's just that they are right more often than not.

I hope that the above makes sense

[screwbaII]

he he, well my opinion on the matter :p ... [Gee who could have seen this wall of text coming XD]

Opinions are simply a personal belief of a person based on their own experiences. However you can still have an opinion of something even if you have never experienced it directly, but simply your experience with knowledge about a topic is enough to form an opinion. So usually people who have directly experienced something will know more about what they are talking about than someone who has experienced it indirectly through mediums such as media or 'word of mouth'. No matter what though, opinions will always be biased because they are another person's view, and when reviewing opinions you should always remember that just because someone said something is like this, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is. I do like to hear opinions from people who are experienced and know what they are talking about as opposed to someone who knows nothing about a topic and tries to argue with you about it when they clearly have no idea what they are talking about. I also prefer opinions that have evidence behind their belief, that way it not only shows they know what they are talking about, but also that their knowledge isn't based on simply experience or beliefs.

Even then if someone knows what they are talking about, you always need to be critical of their opinion. Experts on a subject can be wrong about it too, our knowledge of the world is constantly changing, and when you are in a field of expertise and you don't keep yourself uptodate with new research, your opinion may quickly become outdated. I often see 'expert psychologists' in the media that say things that I have been taught differently to because they are simply just out of date with their knowledge. So it's important that when taking advice from anyone to know it is simply just the extent of their knowledge and that there could be more to something that they just don't know about as well.

I like other people's opinions and critiques simply because I have a very efficient straightforward perception of the world, whereas some other people like to look into all the details and see things I usually miss. During highschool, the best opinion I could have from another person was from my best friend, who was like the complete opposite of me. We always joked about how I was the wildchild and she was my conscious. It's always important to be aware of how other people see situations, because they might be seeing something you totally missed.

Older people are not always right. Just because someone is older, it does not mean in any way that younger people have not experienced just as much as they have. For example my brother experienced 2 and a half years of having aplastic anaemia: blood and platelet transfusions and a bone marrow transplant when he was 15 - 17 years old. Most people would never experience something like that, and it's something that he would have an informed opinion about, even from such a young age. It's just important to know that an opinion from anyone whether older or younger, is simply a person's belief and knowledge based on experience, and while it may be true that older people have more informed opinions on most things, it doesn't mean they are right about it either. I remember when I was younger and I read so many non-fiction books that I just had this vast knowledge of all these different things, especially animals, and whenever some weird animal came on tv or something and my mum would ask me 'what's that animal called?' and I would tell her and then just shoot off a bunch of random facts about it because she didn't know herself. Just a simple example of how sometimes younger people may have more experience about a topic than older people. (My mum still does that by the way, "quick come look at this Emma, what is it?" XD)

In summary, when listening to opinions you need to be in the mindset that this is only a single person's experience in the world, and whether they be an expert on the subject, or older than you, it's still the same thing. You need to be critical of other people's opinions in order to get anything out of them, like asking questions or requesting evidence to back their claim up. It's also an important thing to share opinions with others and listen to other's opinions because it's good to have a bunch of different perspectives about the world or a situation, and everyone sees the world in a different way. Remember just because you can disprove an opinion, it doesn't mean that yours is right either.

[Cthulhu]

I try to listen to my own inner voice more than anyone else.

[SiamJai]

Older people are not always right.

What??? I'll teach you some manners, you cheeky whippersnapper! :mad: Age is always the deciding factor, except if I happen to be the younger one.

But seriously... when it comes to accepting advice, none of those options matter much to me. The only thing I'd consider is how the person behaves (to me and to others) and how they give the advice. Age, experience, confidence or the lack thereof are then secondary. :)

[thebunni15]

I think age makes no complete difference at all.


But I succumb to a critic that uses really long and complicated words. :3

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[tanya-tysya]

Excellent job, Julia
Why dont we write our opinions of Logoport in English? This will allow folks at Lionbridge to see the message and take it up with Logoport developers.

I suggest to start a simple list of Logoports pros and cons, compared to Trados.

[ludwig]

Waalaykumassalam Warahmatullahi Wabarakatu

Great piece of advise akhee. Shaykh Albanee RahimaUllah had also mentioned Shareeah should be understood by Quraan and Sunnah not by ones intellect.

Unfortunately some say Fatwas are opinions of Scholars and shouldnt treat them as verdicts or following them is Taqleed.