Have you ever been told your opinions are biased? For as long as I can remember having opinions I have been told they were biased. However just recently I decided to analyze what exactly a biased opinion was. After a proper deconstruction of both an opinion and a bias, I have determined that all opinions are biased. First I must define an opinion and bias as to avoid connotations and assumptions with the ambiguity of these words. An opinion is a belief or conclusion held with confidence that may or may not be substantiated by positive knowledge or proof. To further define an opinion, one must have a particular stance on any given subject, nothing in the universe is two things simultaneously, and it’s either one or the other (aside from light, but I’m not about to debate quantum physics). A bias is a prejudice in a general or specific sense, usually in the sense for having a predilection to one particular point of view or ideology. One is said to be biased if one is influenced by one's biases. A bias could, for example, lead one to accept or not-accept the truth of a claim, not because of the strength of the claim itself, but because it does or does not correspond to one's own preconceived ideas. Now allow me to construct three scenarios where it would appear that there is no bias. The first, I am of the opinion that Hitler was a political genius; however I still think he was sadistic and evil man deserving of death. This opinion would appear to be sound with a good foundation of research put into it. However there are actually two problems with this opinion, namely that his evil manner has anything to do with his political genius if in fact he was one. One could argue George Bush was a political genius simply because he’s manipulated a nation in rather the same manner to go to an unjust war. Then there is the bias of this opinion, the preconceived ideas of good and evil. By making a statement that he is evil is to have the preconceived idea that there is in fact such a thing as good and evil. Good and evil are not up for debate, but must be allowed to illustrate a preconceived idea. Second scenario, allow me to construct a rather simple opinion dealing in aesthetic beauty. Even the youngest infants knows what makes them happy, be it a sound or picture or feeling. This sort of beauty is easily understandable to all people because all people must find something beautiful, using the term loosely. This however, is extremely biased since this sort of beauty is hugely relying on your physical senses. The preconceived idea is that your senses are telling you the truth. A simple exercise to demonstrate that it’s more than possible that your senses are lying to you; place an object on a desk, step away from it and close your eyes. Now without relying on your physical senses or your memory prove that the object is there. A rather challenging task if not impossible, this not only demonstrates the preconceived notion of your senses are true but that any particular person only has one point of view on anything which is the physical sense. As my final scenario, imagine you disagree with my opinion and would like to debate this subject. The problem with this is by disagreeing, you’re already giving into your own biases and preconceived ideas that you are right and I am wrong. As stated in the definition, a bias could “lead one to accept or not-accept the truth of a claim, not because of the strength of the claim itself, but because it does or does not correspond to one's own preconceived ideas”. So by arguing you only help support my thesis that all opinions are unavoidably biased. In conclusion, being told your opinion is biased isn’t at all a bad thing; the person is merely stating a truism in a feeble attempt to make your opinion seem inferior. This is because of the negative connotation of being biased that our society has bred into us.