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                      %SCIENTISTS' SELF PERCEPTIONS 800523

     Scientists  have  personal-relationship  problems  in
part because  their perceptual framework does not  provide
them with a  meaningful  way  of  perceiving themselves in
relationship to other people.   A meaningful perception of
a  personal relationships with another person involves  in
an  essential  way a meaningful self perception  of  one's
self as emotionally involved in that relationship.   It is
not   enough   to  perceive  the  other  person   clearly,
objectively,   analytically---as  an  object  for   study.
Meaningful personal relationships involve self perceptions
which are not objective; thus, scientists who compulsively
attempt  to  be objective in all  situations---cannot have
meaningful personal relationships.

     Scientists'   self  perception problems do not in  an
obvious  way undermine their ability to cope  successfully
in  dealing  with  objective relationships.    Yet  it  is
probably  true  that  in  the  future  emotionally  mature
scientists will be able to cope more successfully than can
present  day scientists who are compulsively objective  in
contexts  where objectivity is counter-productive.    Only
emotionally  mature scientists will be likely to  perceive
the  ways  in which compulsive objectivity undermines  the
effectiveness of emotionally immature scientists.

     The  ability  of a scientist to cope successfully  in
the objective domain does not indicate an  ability to work
wisely  with people in the context of meaningful  personal
relationships.    Helping  people  live  meaningful  lives
involves  far more than successfully coping with objective
problems.    Helping people approach their life situations
meaningfully  involves  dealing  with  objective  problems
within the context of meaningful personal relationships---
and so requires the ability to perceive self in other than
objective ways.

     There  are no moralistic,  ethical,  legalistic,   or
other systematic ways of dealing with the dilemma to which
we  point  here.    The solution is not to be found  in  a
better  system  of  any  kind,  nor in  a  better  way  of
administering any  existing system.   No moral,   ethical,
legalistic,   philosophical,     theological,    economic,
political,  intellectual, social,  or other kind of system
will get to the root of this personal matter.  The way out
is through dialogue in and with Love.

                                                                                                                               
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