Yes, Virginia

[Stefan Schuber]

Bonnie asks, "How can we even conceive of objectivity with our own 
biases?"

The danger, I was trying to say, arises when well-enough-meaning folks 
begin to think that their subjectivities so predate and preclude 
objectivity that these subjectivities dictate the forms and structure of 
the universe. In other words, frankly I don't give a rip about your 
problems and subjectivities; the charge on an electron can be measured 
and agreed upon, and science postulates (remember: postulates, 
hypothesizes) that this charge will be pretty uniform no matter who is 
doing the measuring.

I've been rethinking my personal fascination with deconstructive textual 
strategies lately because at the end of the deconstructive day, one is 
left with the deconstructor's fantasies. These may be fine as fiction, 
but they're not science. As with any tools, it's important to use the 
right ones on the right problems.

Between Dr. Johnson and Berkeley I personally favor the latter, but I 
have to admit that Johnson did confound him.

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