Why not?
Did you even bother to look the words up?
I dont use those terms in some special
way.
I am going to indulge your laziness this time,
to keep it moving.
Bias is simply about prejudging in favour of or
against something.
Objectivity is about making the utmost effort
to eliminate the influence of bias, emotion
etc from the study and conclusions.
Think of a courtroom.
As the falsely accused defendant, we suppose you
want a dispassionate and thorough examination
of evidence, confident that facts speak for
themselves- you were, after all, in Paris when
the bank was robbed in East Timor.
Objectivity is a highest value in science for
a number of reasons that should be obvious.
Perfection cannot be achieved but it is essential
to try.
Science is a culture of doubt- a researcher must be
condtantly asking what if, and thinking of flaws
or clunter arguments and possibilities.
Hoping for a certian result is dishonest.
Religion is the opposite, a culture of faith.
Believe, change not, no matter what.
See "Job".
K Wise is being very "christian" in this.
All the data in the universe is not enough
to change what he thinks the bible seems
to say.
Back to court. The judge tells the defense
atty- "present such evidence as you will, but
God seems to be telling me he is guilty,
and all the evidence in the universe will
never change my mind- nor will the
jury change, as they are hand picked and
all agree he is guilty,"
Is the judge lying? Is he intellectually
honest?
