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Old April 26th, 2008, 03:26 AM   #4 (permalink)
Silver Incubus
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Well its just that I have a more pragmatic view of things of this sort. What is your personal definition of objective? Would a computer making decisions be completely objective? Can a computer even have qualities of objectivity without biological sentience? Does objective mean that one is able to adopt other peoples mental maps and understandings to gain a better perspective or feel of them as well? It is only using facts and not experience or is there a certain level of experience needed for objectivity? If so, what kind of experience would lend to objectivity of a situation or topic?

I really need to understand the meaning of something that may or may not be impossible in order to determine whether or not it can be possible.
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