Is the Evidence Objective?

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Lisa A. Shiel

Part Three of “Is Anyone Objective?”
Human beings have a hell of a time remaining objective. Our subconscious minds foil us without our knowledge. What about evidence? Can that at least remain objective?
Evidence “belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events” or “based on observable phenomena” is objective. Yet objectivity relies on the extraction of [...]

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Is Anyone Objective?

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Lisa A. Shiel

Can anyone be truly objective?
Regan Lee’s recent post over on the UFO Magazine blog got me thinking. She talks about objectivity, and how it relates to ufology. UFO researchers complain that witnesses are not objective, and therefore are unreliable. The same issue crops up in all areas of paranormal research. Perhaps the question we should [...]

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