About Blogging
Recently I wrote a blog about how the subconscious mind processes negative information. It was brought to my attention by a few well meaning and highly educated personal friends of mine that I should not be putting out this kind of information as "facts". They made some pretty good points and I have to agree with them. I did not research for this article, I am not educated in this field, and I did not state that what I wrote was strictly my own opinion. Points taken and I am removing that article from this blog site.
All that being said, I would like to restate something I have said several times in past blogs. The very first blog I wrote, over a year ago, was called "Truth versus a Viewpoint". In that blog I stated loud and clear that everything I would be writing about in the future would only be my opinion and should not be taken as fact, or is anything I write meant to be taken, as fact.
The fun thing about blogging is that you can write about anything you want to write about. And when you write all over the map like I do, you tend to push buttons when you write about certain subjects you are not educated in, especially with people who are educated in those areas. My response to those people who believe I am overstepping my bounds is this....Do you need to have a degree in political science to write about politics? Do you need a degree in nutrition to write about healthy eating? Should I quit writing songs on my guitar because I have no formal education or training in music? Blogging is not journalism, it is simply sharing your ideas and points of view.
In the future I will do more disclosures. I guess I need to state more often that certain things I am writing about are only my opinion and not necessarily a fact. However, that will not stop me, nor should it stop any blogger from writing about anything they want to write about. There are always going to be those educated professionals who will read your blog and say that you don't know what your talking about, especially when you are writing about something from their area of expertise. Some bloggers, like Anthony Watts stick to their field of expertise. Maybe that's why Anthony has more readers than the rest of us. It's a personal choice. Many of us folks who blog enjoy the freedom of expressing opinions on anything and everything that interests us. I am one of those bloggers. Now and then I am going to insult an expert. Now and then I am going to come off as arrogant. Now and then, I am going to say things that are just plain stupid or wrong. I understand that, you understand that, we have an understanding....now on to my next blog.