Objective claims are the contradictory of subjective claims. Objective claims are factual, observable, and does not have personal feelings in them. People have the same view in objective matter. In the other hand, subjective claims are opinions, feelings, and beliefs. Not everyone have the same subjective view.
Few weeks ago, I read in the newspaper that 200 dead cows were found in Wisconsin. That would consider as an objective claim because it can be observe by people that 200 cows are dead. I also recently read many articles about thousands of dead birds fell from the sky or a huge amount of fish were killed.
When I told my friend about the 200 dead cows were found dead and other mass animals deaths, he quickly burst out, “OH MY F****** GOD! WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE WORLD? WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!” I was baffled by his 2012 nonsense and overreaction. I just want to slap my forehead. This would all consider as an subjective claim. My friend and I have different views and reactions of the current event. He thought that the world is ending. I thought that it is foolish to think that.
However, I just heard on the news today that the cows all died from pneumonia. Since the cows are so close together when they eat and sleep, diseases can be transferred quite easily. Plus, there was a massive pneumonia outbreak. Poor cows.
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2 comments:
That's pretty crazy that 200 cows died and what a major loss of profit seeing that cows are being sold at about two dollars a pound and weigh just around 1000 pounds. I know this because I grew up on a farm with cattle and when one cow died it was a big deal haha. I think that a lot of people jump to conclusions and say the world is ending when something like this happens or when there is an earthquake any other tragedy. It is obvious that your friend's claim is subjective because I would agree with you and say the that the world is not ending lol.
I've read about the world ending in 2012 too, and I'm pretty sure it is not going to happen, but I see where your friend can come up with his subjective comment. The objective claims were just there - dead birds dropping dead and fish just mysteriously washing up dead on the side of rivers with no clear explanation. I haven't caught up with that story in awhile, but last I heard, they were trying to explain this phenomenon of birds dropping dead and it just happens. But I guess objective claims could sometimes lead to subjective claims in this example.
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