Wednesday, July 14, 2010

POSITIONAL BIAS

Sometime back i have observed that it is too difficult toclaim immunity from subjectivity that unconsciously creeps between analyst and analysis.

Subjectivity has many negative dimensions such as entrenched prejudices pridilections misguided
ideologies and psychological aberrations.

In a nutshell everyone has a point of view that is perfectly fair and fine for him.

Amartysen enlightened me on this:

On positionality of observation and illusion solar eclipse is a good example!
It is precisely becausew sun and moon have the same visible size FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF EARTH a complete solar eclipse occur WITH A SMALL MASS OF MOON OBSCURING THE LARGEST MASS OF SUN !

In "Winner stands alone" by Paulo Coelho"s hero a cold blooded murderer beleives in his integrity and fairness.
Hitler"s followers who built concentration camps asper orders of their leader strongly beleived in their integrity.
Many intellectuals were condemned as lunatics by doctors who beleived communism is a fair ideology.
After all all soldiers, why soldiers all terrorists who beleived in their just cause go on killing people!

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