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Why do I care about bias and objectivity

12 Oct

The reason of course stems from my from my life and experience. More than that its my striving for the good life. Not so much in terms of wealth, but in the elusive quality of a life lived in a way I think is good. Enough of that for now.

In my experience, most of the times that I loose objectivity, something suffers in a way that it doesn’t have to. Unfairness finds space in my life when I’m not objective. Now it is a matter of degree, but I do find that to be the case.

I also find that I loose objectivity increasing with the degree of emotional involvement in the issue. The general rule being the greater the emotions, the greater the lose if objectivity.

Finally, when I act on this non-objective thinking that is emotion based, thing tend to get screwed up.