You’re probably right that interpersonal transmission is the most common source. I guess now I have to ask what do you mean by an “opinion”. Is a simple proposition like “That popstar is bad” or “that’s too much (food/money/time)” enough to warrant an opinion? I ask because now thinking about it, most endogenous opinions (which presumedly most interpersonally transmitted opinions began as, with the exception of those that are the result of Chinese-whispers) are just post-rationalizations of emotive or felt experiences.
To pull an example out of thin air: “Looking at this art work doesn’t make me feel ‘good’… it must be because it is a non-figurative painting”—like is the simple emotive expression “this painting isn’t good” as vague as it is an opinion, or is the attempt to explain it “it’s a messy nonfigurative painting that doesn’t depict anything” an opinion?
You’re probably right that interpersonal transmission is the most common source. I guess now I have to ask what do you mean by an “opinion”. Is a simple proposition like “That popstar is bad” or “that’s too much (food/money/time)” enough to warrant an opinion? I ask because now thinking about it, most endogenous opinions (which presumedly most interpersonally transmitted opinions began as, with the exception of those that are the result of Chinese-whispers) are just post-rationalizations of emotive or felt experiences.
To pull an example out of thin air: “Looking at this art work doesn’t make me feel ‘good’… it must be because it is a non-figurative painting”—like is the simple emotive expression “this painting isn’t good” as vague as it is an opinion, or is the attempt to explain it “it’s a messy nonfigurative painting that doesn’t depict anything” an opinion?
I call all those examples opinions.