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You can probably extend that to 90% of what everyone in the world verbalises or writes, we aren't robots, even when being objective we are driven by feelings. I
by tomxor 8y ago
You can probably extend that to 90% of what everyone in the world verbalises or writes, we aren't robots, even when being objective we are driven by feelings. It doesn't mean everything is "tainted", just that everything we say and do is entwined with our thread of history, that's a more interesting reality than one where everything is clinical entirely distinct and independent - such a reality would be so inert life probably isn't even possible... what are we talking about?
- 1auralynn 8y agoIn general the crowd at hacker news prides themselves on being super objective, so I think it's worthwhile to recognize the fundamental subjectivity of being a human.
- tomxor 8y agoYes, when looking deeper into objective comments all kinds of things will be revealed, the more you look, the more that "objective" can often seem linguistically superficial. I think it's an important thing to recognise especially in the worst case when some people exploit this to convincingly present opinion as fact... anyway i'm way off topic, my point was in response to wufufufu: I don't wonder if posts on HN have some kind of psychological biases, I am confident they do, in spite of perceived objectivity.