You Are Entitled To Your Informed Opinion

[@johnabbott138]

People these days seem to think "you have to respect my opinion!" No, I have to respect your RIGHT to have an opinion. And I have the right to judge your opinion (and you) as uninformed, or unsupported by evidence, if I find that to be the case. If you view the available evidence, and come up with an opinion that does not logically follow from the evidence, I'm going to judge you. This is a good thing, it's how we determine which sources of information we can trust and which we can't. Building up a collection of sources of information that you can trust is the source of all learning.

[@DarthVader1977]

And the same goes for YOU.

[@erbro]

​@@DarthVader1977 YOU in capitals no less. I am going to guess here that John Abbott is the original's poster's name and that Darth Vader is not yours. Guess who I am going to find the more reliable source.

[@alexandermigel2272]

Critical thinking is what a lot of people are lacking now across the globe.

[@user-yv6xw7ns3o]

Plus the Internet makes it exceptionally easy to encounter statements and interactions that exemplify that.

[@BlueDragonArt]

Listening takes the spotlight off the self. Listening and learning takes energy and thought. It's so much easier to just be uncritical and foist yourself and your ignorance on everyone else. So many have lost the joy in learning. They have traded in the hard work for that "ah-ha!" moment for what is easy. Cold comfort for change. And because many look down on the intentionally ignorant, they would rather muddy the waters and force the world to bend to their ego and make themselves feel good about their ignorance, than to take the time to work on themselves, humble their pride and admit "there's a lot I don't know." I've never thought there was anything wrong with being ignorant. I know I'm lacking in so many areas. But I don't have the hubris and false sense of security (lack of tact) to jump in and tell someone who's spent their life studying and focusing on something that my feelings are just as valid as their knowledge and lived experience. The sense of entitlement across ALL age groups is just...baffling. The is nothing wrong with being ignorant. We all are. There is something wrong with lashing out at someone who knows more on a subject than you do, because you're ignorant. :/ I gotta wonder whatever happened to curiosity? So many people want to talk. But few want to listen. Or at least, listen to anything that challenges their ignorance and forces them to exercise their mind and critical thinking skills. Okay, I'mma go back to being a silent viewer. XD

[@burnastein5430]

Entitled to my opinion? Not on Touyube the last half decade

[@RocRizzo]

“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.” ― Harlan Ellison

[@simonagree4070]

Ah, that's the quote I was thinking of. Thank you.

[@RocRizzo]

@@simonagree4070 Ellison is my favorite author.

[@simonagree4070]

Certainly in my pantheon. I recently discovered that his literary executor finally assembled The Last Dangerous Visions.

[@DarthVader1977]

Who gets to decide what is ignorant?

[@RocRizzo]

@@DarthVader1977 One is ignorant when they parrot their cult without getting any other information.

[@alexanderhudock9826]

An example of a gas as a lubricant would be an air hockey game. When turned off the puck doesnt slide very well, too much friction. Turn it on and air comes out of the little pin holes in the board, creating a film of air between the puck and the board. Now a light tap sends the puck scooting across the board.

[@FranLab]

That is very easy to illustrate example. Also the air cushion they use to float the massive counterweights in skyscrapers.

[@alexanderhudock9826]

@@FranLab You mean the tuned mass dampers in skyscrapers ? I didn't know about that one. Hovercraft are another example, they suspend the weight of the hovercraft with the help of a pressurised gas. Likewase the rotor in a gas bearing gyroscope is suspended by a pressurised gas. It's better because gas has lower viscosity than oil so less friction, even more so in space !

[@stevenlamb3971]

Our Mitutoyo CMM at work floats on air bearings over the granite surface.

[@richiebricker]

Ten years ago, I could never imagine this craziness

[@4n0n87]

"You Are Entitled To Your Informed Opinion,...." ends with ".......No one is entitled to be ignorant"

[@Animaniac-vd5st]

I have opinions - some are more informed than others. But i also understand that my opinions are less relevant the less they are backed by solid information. And in certain cases i am often opening with "this is just my current uneducated opinion - feel free to educate me and change it"

[@problemwithauthority]

For many years I stated, "Unless you do the research, you are not entitled to an opinion. I like the use of "informed".

[@DarthVader1977]

You are not entitled to your opinion.

[@problemwithauthority]

@DarthVader1977 I did the research.

[@DarthVader1977]

@@problemwithauthority Literally anyone can say that.

[@mikek5633]

Hi Fran. This conversation hits home with me. I started doing high end industrial automation right out of high school. My "boomer" parents had (and still don't have) no idea about what I do or the level of skill, education, intelligence, ect... that is required to do my job. I tried explaining it to them, over the years, and it eventually got to the point that they don't even believe that my job is "real' because when I do try and explain what I do, it's so far over their heads that they are firmly convinced that my career "doesn't exist" even though I have been doing it for 30+ years in two Countries !!! It's sad that people can be so ignorant in this world. To this day, you ask my parents what I do for a living and they will say "oh he changes light bulbs at the car plants." Can you imagine being a parent and taking no interest in what your children do for a living and how passionate they are about doing the best they can, all the time and under all conditions. Sad really :(

[@uni-byte]

"The Earth is flat." is a simple concept that can be visually "confirmed" by the simple minded. Demonstrating the Earth is a globe requires some complexity, understanding and education that the simple minded are too lazy to assimilate, so.. "Erf flat!".

[@anarchytelevision8445]

I have noticed that I learned way more when I listen then I do when I am talking😊

[@TucsonAnalogWorkshop]

Exactly. Listening is a rapidly dying art.

[@RoundSparrow]

@6:00 “A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.” ― Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man

[@25usd94]

Folks Do not feed the trolls!!

[@BlackMatt2k]

Expressing opinions is usually the first step to testing whether they're informed. You say something dumb at the dinner table, get challenged, and go read about it. This recent trend / quasi-movement normalizing the stifling of expression on the internet is conspicuous.

[@nkronert]

If using many words to explain something means that it's all lies, then replying "you're an idiot" must be very close to the truth 🤔

[@MySynthDungeon]

Well said! Fran! Full Steam Ahead! Cheers!;-))!!

[@justinbrain]

The joyz of social media. Can't wait for the collective mind thing.

[@adamchess4543]

I think when most people comment they are usually just thinking out loud, without filtering, it's more about personal emotions than about facts

[@JeffTiberend]

Fran… You’re awesome. I actually showed your channel to a friend who is trans.

[@myleft9397]

Love your channel & videos. Why don't you have auto-generated subtitles on them?

[@FranLab]

Because of - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ-kfZxoZdWNjLc

[@devinsullivan6160]

Trolls are the brain aneurysm of the Internet's consciousnesses.

[@jonjones655]

The 'can't fix stupid' rears it's empty head moments can create content.

[@thenoblerot]

"Space doesn't exist!" - said existing in space 🏳️‍⚧️🌈

[@jmiskinis]

Thanks for publishing another video. - I do not leave comments very often these days, but the title has piqued my interest, and I look forward to checking out the video... ____(-,-)____ _John_

[@Indiskret1]

This video message was spot on!

[@tuffymartinez]

Thank You Fran Blanche.... "ATTENTION EVERYONE" "Please be polite, patient and considerate with Fran" "Even a toilet can only serve one asshole at a time"

[@BlackWolf42-]

Space is flat!

[@joeurbanowski321]

I think you’re great Fran..! But whatta I know..?🙃

[@justinbrain]

I wonder if dealing with trolls for so much for so long has ruined us for people who are just asking an unfortunately dumb question. I know I've asked my share of dumb questions, and I've been slammed for it. I guess troll detection isn't hard, usually there's some degree of snark involved. Not accusing anyone of anything here, just a thought fart.

[@therealchayd]

I don't even bother trying to counter trolls or even people stating obviously flawed "facts" where they are so convinced they are right, it's just not worth the effort. Oh and while I'm on a rant, people with their credentials "as a qualified something-or-other", that speak with an assumed authority, like, ok, you have a piece of paper, that doesn't mean you are incapable of making incorrect assumptions. Anyway, sorry, rant over 😊

[@SomeMorganSomewhere]

@@therealchayd you can't reason somebody out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.

[@andycooper1684]

Well said.... I wish I could give two thumbs up

[@scottthomas3792]

I have relatives that claim to " know everything"....they can be entertaining at times..normally just loud and annoying, though.. Conspiracy theories can be entertaining in the same way watching goofy old monster movies can be. Didn't the military use gas lubricated bearings in the late '40s? Seems like I read an article from an old magazine about gas being used for high speed bearings

[@braveheart5280]

Opinions only matter if they are correct.

[@CDanieleLudus]

Wise words, Fran! 😊The worst part is when they say, "Oh, they did their own research" to ridicule people's efforts in trying to overcome their confusion by learning something and to abash them. They're not even consistent because they imply that only authorities hold the truth when used in context to undermine your informed opinion. Yet in another context, they attack the same authority because they have to tear down everything. My doubt is, do these people even exist, or are they trained AI bots? Trained to subjugate people's curiosity and entrepreneurship under a new kind of obscurantism 2.0? Perhaps they are a political tool to begin with.

[@caffeinatedhuman4035]

(1) Dishonest trolls are easy to spot (2) They like to make a lot of mess in a conversations (3) They have no priorities (4) They hardly ever cite their sources (5) It they do not get their way they will resort to character attacking

[@Legomanfred]

Critical thinking should be taught in school. Great video Fran, you're right, opinions don't matter, critical thought does. 🤔

[@float32]

You are informed of their entitled opinions! The internet is in everyone’s pockets, at all times, zero barrier. There’s no filter anymore. Some people will never get it because they don’t want to, and call you a sheep as they close their eyes. 🤷‍♂️

[@cpmf2112]

People have the right to hold uninformed opinions but they do not have the right to say they are "as good as" anyone else's opinion especially when that opinion is informed.

[@VeganSurf]

I like to do my own thinking! I get in trouble with the hivemind on certain subjects... my biggest pet peeve is the "argument from authority" - a science degree doesn't make you automatically correct (especially if you are being paid by a specific industry to do science that advances that industry's commercial goals). Health care particularly is such a mess but if you question the fact that health insurance middlemen collect trillions of dollars you must be "against science".

[@davidchristensen6908]

They just show how un educated they are and how closed minded they are.

[@TheEmbeddedHobbyist]

you need moisture to lubricate bearings, if the bearings are in a very dry atmosphere then the grease dries out and sticks and gums everything up.

[@moki123g]

Ever heard of vacuum grease? Go google Apiezon. While you are at it google air bearings. Now replace air with nitrogen and you might get the picture. Maybe you should go watch Fran's video again. I think you might have missed the point.

[@marpleka]

Fran you've stated yourself about deadly spaceflights. So the several Apollo missions to the Moon must get a deadly radiation, but walking fine, if we take the 300 rads at the Van Allen belts. How some scientists calculated 300 rads (no sun bursts) but american lowering it all the time. Soviets sent turtles to the Moon and back, but this creature is prone to radiation and there's strange story with dosimeter on the board.

[@mitchelldries6628]

it's got electrolytes

[@therealchayd]

It's got what plants crave.

[@vernonsmith5465]

This for real right, you mean to tell me that this was a comment you had !! Well I suppose you can’t argue with stupid lol

[@freepoet6737]

6:35: Good point about informed opinion

[@25usd94]

lol of the stuff people will say they believe…”rockets don’t work in a vacuum” is a new level of stupid hahaha

[@littleshopofelectrons4014]

I've always wondered how many of these trolls really believe their nonsense or do they just do it to get attention, positive or negative much like a child.

[@johnpaullennon1199]

😂 If something works or does not work in space is not something that we need an opinion on, it's a binary answer it works or it does not. Which is a fact, based in reality, rooted in science! 😂

[@lewisbrockman3533]

FRAN I have an old fender twin just like the one in your background

[@FranLab]

That's a Vibroverb I have.

[@lewisbrockman3533]

@FranLab 0h my bad don't see many in the white anymore they have a great sound

[@chrisbrady-t1u]

is wearing a Heathkit logo t-shirt.Modificationed to utmost Blanch

[@rkirke1]

YEA, BUT HOW AIR HOCKEY WORK WITHOUT NO OIL?!

[@DanRyan-v5y]

I am surprised that hubbel uses moving gyros. Most gyros are laser ring gyros these days and have been for some time

[@charlessammons9987]

Science explorer? Amateur Scientist?

[@EEVblog2]

The tough part is being able to listen to and tolerate informed opinion when you think it's wrong. The people who don't have this abiity are easy to spot, it's basically everyone who just fled from X to Bluesky.

[@JeffTiberend]

I can tolerate informed opinion. I can’t tolerate ignorance.

[@FranLab]

In retail management they teach you a very basic skill: Let the other person vent their anger, then contemplate, and suggest a solution. I still use this today with people who are very eager to drive home their point.

[@moki123g]

X has re-platformed and amplified: bigots, white supremacist's, Christian nationalists, grifters, pathological liars, sociopaths, nazis, and the intentionally ignorant. and on and on. Apparently advertiser's agree with me from the verifiable loss of 80% of x's value. If you choose to support this lot, you of course are free to do so. I am also free, to not. You see, that freedom thing works both ways. It would be hypocritical to insist that only "your" tolerance is the correct one Wouldn't it? I have zero issue with informed discussion or decent but there are growing numbers of people who's views I find abhorrent and I choose not to engage with them. The same thing will happen to x that happens to all right wing proto-fascists' sites. It will fade into obscurity, bigotry, after all is bad for business, unless elon just props it up forever to own the libs. You do realize that these people you you are defending are right now working very hard to get the legal ability to harm Fran and others like her simply for being who she is. Yes Dave, I don't have the ability to put up with them, here in the states we call that the free market.

[@BootyCollins-gf5er]

No I actually think the smart ones went to bluesky

[@jimmychooquay]

You always look good in a tshirt

[@tomlavin1603]

How do they explain the Earth existing in a vacuum?

[@FranLab]

It's tortoises all the way down....

[@justinbrain]

Tedious people trying to be relevant. It's the god of the gaps crap all over again. "If *I* can't understand it, it's fake and out to get me." But, yeah we do medical stuff and engineering with basic words and easy concepts. Where is the tipping point where their brains decide too stupid is dangerous and start turning these goofs offline. I kid of course.

[@filepz629]

❤️‍🔥FRAN❤️‍🔥

[@erbro]

I think I like you 😀

[@JuanBautista-fx3rh]

Muy bien.

[@billcosgrave6232]

👍

[@johnwynne-qx6br]

Thumbs 👍

[@Traderjoe]

I think there should be a requirement in order to leave a comment. The requirement should be that you can only leave comments once you upload at least 5 videos first. And you get a designation if you have less than 5 videos and then less than ten and less than 20 and so on. The more videos you upload the more clout you have. The reason why I think it should be required is, if a person leaves a comment saying “you should do ___”, then they need to have experience with other people commenting on their videos. Show us. Show everyone what you mean by exposing if you yourself can handle scrutiny. Otherwise everyone is a keyboard commando.

[@simonagree4070]

O Fran, this is why I love you. I know I have heard the title of this post before, maybe from Harlan Ellison. Opinions are not important; facts are important. Of course, that may be just my opinion. 😆

[@dosgos]

Probably a bot.

[@WesSouza]

That commenter sucks. 3 words, it must be true.

[@Ellenslife851]

Sounds like a troll but I think that’s also a problem with today’s modern world. If you were the words the better the more they can comprehend it the more words you try to throw at them the less they can comprehend not everybody but a lot of people in this world today are like that they need simplified dumbed down answers.

[@kc0lif]

your very wise.

[@Ironhorsecowboy58]

Most conspiracies were proven to be fact.

[@alistairmackintosh9412]

No. You are a victim of selection bias. Conspiracies that are not true are mostly forgotten, while the ones that turned out to be true are remembered, creating the illusion that most conspiracies are true.

[@therealchayd]

Exhibit A ---------------- 👆

[@eugenioarpayoglou]

Too much spice, too many notes!

[@anarchytelevision8445]

😂 oh come on, everyone knows that the shape of the earth is a 🥨 😊