Sunday, April 15, 2012
Subjectivity and Objectivity
My definition of subjectivity and objectivity:
When subjectivity replaces objectivity in analyzing matters one should
expect a subjective result to which an objection will invariably be
refuted!!
When objectivity replaces subjectivity in analyzing
matters one should expect an objective result to which an objection will
be subject to further objective analysis!!
In politics, unlike science, it is apparent that that subjectivity rules supreme!!
Future Attire!
Based
on lore that was passed on to us over the past several millenniums, the
earliest human attire consisted of plant leaves (and I leave [excuse
the pun] the details to your imagination!).
As the human race
continued to evolve, the element of style and comfort in the clothing
evolved too. Evolution of clothing from primitive fibers and plant
leaves to today's synthetic fibers (which I don't endorse) reflects a
multitude of innovations and inventions.
Heaven only knows what will
happen in the next 100 years, let alone in one millennium or more from
now, especially with the resources that are being rapidly depleted.
Perhaps plant leaves will become en vogue again!
Ghazal/Gazelle and Bias
In the Arabic language the use of the word "ghazal", meaning gazelle, is used as a simile for beauty (amongst other things).
Quoting a common Arabic proverb: Elqerd fi 3ein ommoh ghazal, meaning: In his mother's eye, a monkey appears to be a gazelle.
The equivalent English language proverb is: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
There are more common things in different cultures than people care to believe!
There are also differences between cultures that, if mutually
accommodated and respected, the world understanding would be so much
better!
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