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    %SCIENCE REVOLUTION TECHNOLOGY CHANGE COMMUNITY 930202

     One   effect   of   objective   research,    and   of
technological  developments    which   have   been   based
upon   objective research,    is  the total transformation
of  much  of   human  culture  through  modern  scientific
inventions.

     Objectivity entails the person who is being objective
stepping  back  from  that  which  is being considered and
being emotionally detached from it.  If we care deeply and
have  much  concern regarding that which we consider,   we
cannot be objective about it.

     Can  we step back from the scientific revolution  and
not care deeply about the consequences which flow from it?
Can   we  reasonably  have  little  concern  about   those
consequences?   If we cannot,  then how can scientists  be
objective  about the consequences of their being  involved
in ostensibly objective research? Is it possible to engage
in  truly objective research?  How can we develop  a  more
balanced  and  honest view of the true nature of  research
which   has  traditionally  been  regarded  as   objective
research?   How  can  we  learn  to be honest  about  such
research, and stop using such research as an addictive fix
with terribly disintegrative and tragic consequences which
cannot  be understood,  predicted  or controlled by people
operating within the paradigm which guides the research?

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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