I don’t subscribe to the notion of opinion being equated to hypothesis.

I also don’t believe in facts. A fact simply is.

Opinions are held beliefs that are usually founded in how a person feels about a subject. I see no reason in respecting a belief. I can respect a person, when earned. But their opinions and beliefs are not anything I require to be respected. And I expect nothing less toward myself.

It’s also why I tend to extricate myself from any argument people like to have. Because my experience has taught me that most people have no idea of what they speak, and when proven wrong in the face of objective fact, they double down on their beliefs.

So I reiterate — there is no point without objective fact and evidence.