"You are not entitled to your opinion" is in itself only an opinion which invalidates the premise by invalidating itself. "You are not entitled to your opinion", if it is based on an opinion is therefore false.

An appeal to authority is one of the classical logical fallacies.


The reliance on data is spurious because in most cases it turns out inevitably to be wrong, especially in the realm of science, subject to revamping when new information comes out. An opinion can be based on educative information not endorsed by prevailing ideas that are considered to be valid. Many ideas that we have today that are proclaimed, dogmatically, are not shared by scientists, humble in their recognition that we really don't know as much as we claim. A case in point, in cosmology, what are black holes really? Or "Those that think they understand quantum physics don't understand quantum physics."

I think we are entitled to our opinions if we are willing to revamp them in light of new information that is logical, sensible and scientific.


We don't have to rely on authoritative punditry which is often of questionable value.