Human Opinions Mostly Worthless: 12-11-2025

1. A human opinion is often a single concept or image about something that exists in a complexity that has never been experienced; therefore, there is no reason to take the opinions of others seriously about your selfhood.
2. A human opinion is usually one concept or image about something that exists in a complexity that will never be experienced; therefore, there is no reason to consider the opinions of others as having anything to do with who you are.
3. A human opinion is sometimes one or more concepts and images about something that exists in a complexity that will never be experienced; therefore, there is no reason to consider the opinions of others as having importance or relevance to who you are.
4. When living or working with others, it is important to consider their opinions about you, not as facts but as misperceptions and misrepresentations that can be addressed appropriately, for example, by demonstrating the opposite behaviors.
5. Many human opinions are attempts to claim superiority, projections, and defenses against similar opinions being cast about themselves. Understanding some of the psychological motivations of opinions, such as manipulation, defense, shifting blame, and ego gratification, we can easily treat human opinions about ourselves as amusing fantasies and cartoonish characterizations with little meaning.