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Besides, I know opinion is taste, but what is the point of bothering to have either if you don't believe yours is superior?
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What's the point of believing your taste and opinion is superior if you never ask yourself why you hold that belief? Why will you "always be this way"? Examine your life. Try a little humility. Opinion, if it is to have any meaning for anyone else (and you seem to want others to respect yours), should be more than taste. Learn how to think objectively, try stepping into that ocean of thought, grow some fins, learn how to swim with the big fishes and you'll find your way back to land "a better and a wiser man." Since this thread is about
The Magic Mountain, I suggest you test your intellectual muscle by reading it again, this time putting yourself in Hans Castorp's place, imagine being someone else for a while.