Colloquial (or "common sense") understanding of what an "opinion"

    What is the difference between our colloquial (or "common sense") understanding of what an "opinion" is and the way that Stokes and Ellerton understand what an "opinion" is? How would public knowledge and discourse be improved if we, as a society, adopted Stokes and Ellerton's understanding of what "opinions" are? Provide an example. https://theconversation.com/us/topics/opinion-3995