Thursday, June 16, 2011

Subjective and Objective Claims

Subjective and objective claims are complete opposite of each other.  While objective claims can be defined as factual information, subjective claims can be looked at as argumental topics that different people can have different opinions about.  Coincidentally, about an hour ago my brother exclaimed that Samual Adams Boston lager is the best beer in the world.  Taking the opportunity to argue, I explained to him that the best beer is actually Blue Moon for its smooth texture and unique taste.  Technically, neither of us were wrong because deciding which beer is truly the best is a desicion based off opinions and opinions can not be 100% proven as facts.  There is no true way of telling which beer is better which makes it a subjective claim.  Shortly after our subjecive discussion, my brother made an objective claim by saying that the propane tank for the BBQ was out of gas.  (This was a problem considering we were only half way through grilling up some burgers and hot dogs haha.)  Objective claims are topics that can not be argued because it has factual information to back up the claim.  The meter on the propane tank read empty, so clearly my brother's claim was undeniably true.

And boom goes the dynamite,
Melvin Banner

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