the world is an oyster

i never pretend to know all of the answers. my opinion is just that: my opinion. that said, i certainly don't arrive at my opinions lightly. nor do i necessarily presume my opinions to be false or without merit. but i do recognize that opinion, no matter how forcefully asserted as truthful, should never be viewed as synonymous with fact. to proclaim otherwise would be both dishonest and disingenuous. for it is only the intellectually weak that attempt to disguise opinion as fact. beliefs are just that: beliefs. unique perspectives on reality as seen through the eyes of a lone individual. so how then can my own distinct take on the universe and all of its attendant nuances ever be characterized as the gospel? the short answer: it cannot. and yet the world is hardly lacking in swindlers and shammers and scam artists. and not all of them garbed in cheap three-piece suits and loafers.