Opinions
            What if there is no such thing as opinion?  What if everybody feels the same way about what something looks like, but what we actually physically see as an individual is different?  Same goes for taste, touch, hearing, and smelling, too.  Now I know this is completely ridiculous and absurd, but what if it were possible?  Maybe I don't even believe the things I'm about to tell you, but this is just something I've sort of been contemplating for no apparent reason.  Anyway, it's kind of hard to explain (aside from being crazy) so bare with me.  :)
            Okay.  We all know this O shape as a circle.  However, maybe what that picture looks like to me is what someone else sees as a square, only I know that shape which looks like a square to me as a circle because that's what I was taught that this shape was referred to as.  There's really no way of knowing how other people see things to disprove this theory, because there is no way we can actually look through someone else's eyes and know how their brain interprets the message received from their eyes.

            Maybe an easier way of explaining this would be with colors.  If you're reading this page and you're color blind, just skip this part.  Okay.  Now think of the color Blue.  If you need help with that thought, its on the left hand side of this background.  Now imagine if someone else were to look at that same part of the background or the same color that you were looking at, only the color they see, is the color you know as green.  But they know that color (the one you know as green) as blue.  So therefor, they're seeing a totally different color as you, but they still know that color to be blue.  Does this make any sense?  It's extremely hard to explain.  I think the color thing is a lot more possible than the shape thing.. but anyway, there's really no relevance to this theory except that if shapes and colors could be seen differently yet known as the same thing, maybe there's no such thing as opinions as to what your favorite things are.  Maybe everybody in the world has the same favorite color, only they know that shade (color) as different names.  Know what I mean?

            I swear I'm not on drugs
 

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