In Reply to: "Objectivity is a subjective construction" posted by GSH on September 4, 2012 at 08:34:49:
Read the Ackoff article in the post below.
Objectivity as conceived by most folks and most responders in this thread simply cannot exist. Thinking we are being objective doesn't make it so.
'Objective man' doesn't exist, we can try but being value-free is impossible any-where, any-time, and a useless cul-de-sac / rat hole Western man has dug.
Trying to approach a value-rich view is the only honest and scientific way to approach any issue. As many of other's values as possible.
That the article's context is management and making policy can not in any way reduce its relevance to audio. Because it is relevant to everything humans do. Especially relevant to how we measure and what we tell ourselves about those measurements.
If you have any difficulty with the points and conclusions, your 'thinking' is the problem, the article is irrefutable.
LBNL it's by an American management consultant, Russell Ackoff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_L._Ackoff
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Tim Bailey
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