added by Darren LI · updated 2y ago
OBJECTIVITY — Real Life
From the perspective of scientific visualization, the idea that machines allow us to see true has long been outmoded. In everyday discourse, however, there is a continuing tendency to characterize the objective as that which speaks for itself without the interference of human perception, interpretation, judgment, and so on.
from The Myth of Objective Data by Melanie Feinberg
Keely Adler added
- The biases of Google and Facebook, whether algorithmic, datainduced, commercial or political dictate what version of the worldwe get to see. Reality becomes what the models we are fed depictit to be [24]. And a reality defined by Google’s search rankingalgorithm, is one that does not and cannot capture the intricaciesand variety of human knowledge ... See more
from GOGGLES: Democracy dies in darkness, and so does the Web Brave Search Team by Brave
sari added
Part of the problem stems from the fact that facts, even a lot of facts, do not constitute reality. Reality is what forms after we filter, arrange, and prioritize those facts and marinate them in our values and traditions. Reality is personal.
from The Trouble With Reality by Brooke Gladstone
Margaret Leigh added