Glad to see someone else mentioning it...


	Glad to see someone else mentioning it...

PatParslow

11-25-2007 1:44 AM

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language, subjectivity, science, representation

PatParslow says:

Too many people seem to believe science gets hard objective answers. It doesn't. And even if it did, the interpretation of the communicated results would necessarily be subjective, based on the previous experience of the recipient.

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<A href="http://cogsys.blogspot.com/2007/02/subjectivity-science-and-measuring.html">Subjectivity, science and measuring</A>
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