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 %SCIENCE OBJECTIVE COMPETITION RESPECT HONOR ALIEN+950930
  %IMPOSSIBLE REFLEXIVE PERSONAL COMMUNAL INTEGRITY 950930

     It   is   impossible   for   compulsively   objective
scientists---who  are in  competition  with each other for
respect,   honor  and support---to   recognize  how  their
preoccupations with objectivity  undermine  their personal
and communal integrity.

     According to  scientists' belief in the  transcendent
importance   of  objectivity---they  should  focus   their
attention  exclusively upon objective  relationships---and
so   avoid   the  dangers  of  focusing   upon   reflexive
relationships.    Thus  they  should treat each  other  as
objects which are involved in objective relationships with
each other.  Male and female scientists should regard each
other objectively  as objects---without  becoming involved
in reflexive relationships.  It is not possible,  however,
for sexually motivated males to regard sexually attractive
females as objects without becoming  involved in reflexive
relationships---by   regarding  the  sexually   attractive
females as sex-objects which might be used objectively  to
achieve certain goals.   Thus dominant male scientists who
are  compulsively objective  act in  ways  which  minimize
these conflicts by minimizing  the  disturbing presence of
sexually attractive females, or by repressing awareness of
reflexive   motivations.    They  cannot  see  that  their
behaviors are  dominated by  non-objective  considerations
which are essentially reflexive, and so the considerations
are hidden from their view.

     To  be true to themselves and each  other  scientists
must give up their fixation upon objectivity as the way to
avoid  bias---because it is the way to invisible bias.  We
must  transcend the paradigm of objectivity  in  order  to
enjoy both personal and communal integrity.

     Scientists   who   are  compulsively   fixated   upon
objectivity  cannot  relate  to each  other  honestly  and
wisely with due regard for their reflexive  relationships.
To   deal   wisely   with   inter-personal   relationships
scientists must honestly  acknowledge  AND TALK ABOUT  the
essential  roles  which reflexive  relationships  play  in
every aspect of their lives.

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