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%SCIENTISTS' MOTIVATIONS 850616
Objective scientists are motivated by subjective
personal considerations. Motivations are not objective
realities; they can not be studied and confirmed in
objective ways as can objective behaviors. Motivations
which are inferred from objective behaviors are
theoretical constructs which may, or may not, correspond
to real subjective motivations which do not reliably yield
to objective study and analysis. Subjectively shared
motivations, as known by Jill when Jack seeks to share his
motivations, may, and may not, correspond to the
theoretical constructs and/or the subjectively real
motivations. Jack's perception/consciousness of his own
motivations may be yet another reality, etc.
It is important in developing national science policy
for political leaders to understand, with as little bias
as possible, the nature of scientists' motivations.
Scientists own explanations of their own motivations and
logic are characterized by specific kinds of bias, due to
their being scientists in search of support and
affirmation. Politicians need to understand and keep in
mind that scientists in search of support and affirmation
are not behaving objectively or without bias. In such
behavior they should not be respected as if they were
behaving objectively. Scientists are people who are
motivated by the personal need for belonging, affective
support and communal affirmation.
To minimize the bias with which scientists
participate in communal decisions and actions they need to
learn how to understand the nature of their own
motivations, recognizing that they are motivated by
subjective personal considerations. For scientists to be
unaware of their own subjective motivations is to be
biased and misleading in decisions and actions. Ignorance
is not a reliable foundation for making wise decisions.
Only through subjective considerations can scientists
become mutually aware of and share a common understanding
of their motivations, beliefs, hopes, aspirations,
visions, etc. as regards their professional work.
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