On 12/6/2010 4:23 PM, Darren New wrote:
> John VanSickle wrote:
>> But since there can never be an objective reason for why one person's
>> subjective opinion should be regarded as superior to another's,
>
> I disagree this is as obvious as it sounds. That's precisely why we have
> experts to start with.

I wasn't referring to all opinions, merely subjective ones.  Clearly a 
doctor's opinion on a medical issue is based on objective criteria (or 
at least it is supposed to be).  But some of what Ebert might have to 
say on a given work is reflective of tastes that we don't necessarily 
share.  Why are his tastes superior to ours?

Regards,
John

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