Objectivity is said to be free of bias, free of perceptions tinged by emotion and dreams. The problem is we have no way of determining what that state is like, since the moment we (think) we approach it, we can't help putting it on—it's like a rain…  | Luisa A. Igloria March 31 | Objectivity is said to be free of bias, free of perceptions tinged by emotion and dreams. The problem is we have no way of determining what that state is like, since the moment we (think) we approach it, we can't help putting it on—it's like a raincoat that supposedly keeps its wearer neutral and dry; reasonable, with deep pocketfuls of empirical evidence whose purpose is to establish the truth as truth. Objectivity resides in a sterile chamber without distraction. But since it can only be confirmed independently of a mind, I 'm pretty sure there are wall-to-wall mirrors. How else could it affirm its objectivity than by checking itself many times a day? The rest of us live in our porous apartments, where we can hear the neighbors quarrel then have make-up sex; when they snore, or sing loud into a karaoke machine. | | | |
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