Jaber Borran

Tag: opinions

  • Facts, Opinions, and Misunderstandings

    In a previous post from over a year ago, I had tried to highlight the differences between facts and opinions. Even back then, my feeling was that that writeup was mostly redundant and unnecessary, as I assumed pretty much every reasonable person knew the difference. So it came to me as a huge surprise when…

  • Lack of Dialogue, and Extreme Polarization

    I don’t know when sentences like the following started becoming fashion statements: These days, many seem to be taking pride on not talking about political and socioeconomic issues of their societies, and instead talking about sports and celebrities. Not that anything is wrong with talking about sports and celebrities; but I just wonder how “not…