“we can be relatively more objective or more subjective, and that there are real world benefits to developing the former end of the spectrum.”
Yep. This is exactly the point I was making in my conversation with Jane. In our own private world, it’s fine if subjectivity is king. In areas where we collide with others, the attempt at objectiv…
“we can be relatively more objective or more subjective, and that there are real world benefits to developing the former end of the spectrum.”
Yep. This is exactly the point I was making in my conversation with Jane. In our own private world, it’s fine if subjectivity is king. In areas where we collide with others, the attempt at objectivity offers us the best chance of being both fair and correct.
As for Heisenberg, maybe I should have been a little more precise and said it’s the clearest assault on the belief that we can perceive objective truth. There’s the sense that if we just think hard enough or look closely enough, we can figure out all the answers. And Heisenberg, along with Gödel and others, remind us that there will always be a degree of uncertainty in our understanding of the world.
And I’m glad that uncertainty is there. It (hopefully) keeps us humble.
“we can be relatively more objective or more subjective, and that there are real world benefits to developing the former end of the spectrum.”
Yep. This is exactly the point I was making in my conversation with Jane. In our own private world, it’s fine if subjectivity is king. In areas where we collide with others, the attempt at objectivity offers us the best chance of being both fair and correct.
As for Heisenberg, maybe I should have been a little more precise and said it’s the clearest assault on the belief that we can perceive objective truth. There’s the sense that if we just think hard enough or look closely enough, we can figure out all the answers. And Heisenberg, along with Gödel and others, remind us that there will always be a degree of uncertainty in our understanding of the world.
And I’m glad that uncertainty is there. It (hopefully) keeps us humble.