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    Quote Originally Posted by Auricauricle
    "Acknowledged subjectivists..."? Are you implying that we can do all of this objectively?

    Whatever floats your soap....

    (We need some more fluid on that charcoal!)
    Hey, this is what happens when the only real test of true objectivity is removed from the discussion. It's like an asylum that is run by the inmates. (Hmmm.. .to what could he be referring?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by markw
    Hey, this is what happens when the only real test of true objectivity is removed from the discussion. It's like an asylum that is run by the inmates. (Hmmm.. .to what could he be referring?)
    Who said, "In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is King?"
    "The great tragedy of science--the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."--T. Huxley

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    Quote Originally Posted by Auricauricle
    Who said, "In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is King?"
    Jon only has one working eye?

    Actually, Erasmus said this.

    But, holding ones hand over ones eyes to prevent seeing the truth is not the same as being blind. Although the person doing so might be comforted, it does not alter reality.
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