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In the video above, there are 3 different perspectives. Pause the video after each perspective and decide what is going on? Were you correct? What influenced you?

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Some definitions:

• Truth: in accordance with fact or reality.

• Fact: Something which is stated as a truth which can be verifiable- tested.

• Belief: Something that people think is the truth, but which has not been verified yet, or may not be possible to verify. A personal belief is the same as an opinion. It cannot be verified.

• Opinion: A normative as opposed to positive statement. What ought to be rather than what is tested. In economics a normative statement would say " I believe it is fair to give money to a poor person to reduce inequality". What is fair is a value judgement and cannot be tested. Therefore economics as a science cannot be involved in this."Distinguishing fact from opinion is that facts are verifiable, i.e. can be agreed to by the consensus of experts. An example is: "United States of America was involved in the Vietnam War," versus "United States of America was right to get involved in the Vietnam War". An opinion may be supported by facts and principles, in which case it becomes an argument." (wikipedia- I know i said never use it but......).

• Emotion: There is no one definition of what an emotion is. Is it a state of feeling? Traditionally emotion has been seen to be the opposite of logic and reason. However both may be needed and far more complementary than previously thought.