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Is objective evaluation possible if you are very attached to the subject?

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Someone 1: She is my girl….see her blue eyes, speaking our love.

Someone 2: What’s there in that caty eyes..I don’t see anything..seems you are lost in her love..

Hmm.. there are certain facts which we need to accept as such. Say for example, pure water is colorless always…do you see it differently?

Said that, many a times we are driven by emotions or passions and we miss to evaluate things objectively..

Actually can we really do an objective evaluation when we are too much attached to the subject?..and moreover we all are biased in some way or other…And see different things in the same image as posted here

Author: Akhila

Akhila is the founder and sole contributor of wordsandnotion.com and qualitynotion.com. By profession she is a software Quality and Quantitative data analyst. She is a self motivated life long learner who loves to decode signs from the universe. Her weirdness is totally aligned with her real life stories and thought experiments. She is the author of “Know them, One answer to many questions” (a General Knowledge book) and “I Had a Crush - The 17 Kinks” (A free ebook of 17 short stories)

46 thoughts on “Is objective evaluation possible if you are very attached to the subject?”

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  1. Daisy in the Willows
    August 5, 2017 at 9:48 am

    I think some subjects are hard to be objective about. I suppose it is about engaging our critical brain thought processes and try I g to keep an open mind

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  2. Boldbrothers
    August 4, 2017 at 12:44 am

    I am very emotionally attached to the P vs NP computer problem because of its complexity and paradoxicalness. By being objective, I become increasingly closer to the “subject”. The same can also be said about humans. I can only help X out of his misery if he lets me examine him without the slightest embellishment of his character. By being objective I am solving a problem, him.

    I think the world would be a much better place if we treated problematic, confused humans (they would first have to tell us that they’re in need) like mathematical equations or rubik’s cubes. If we remain subjective, (attributing positive or negative claims, statements to his or her character without evidence) we will only add to his or her characters obscurity. That has never helped and will never help.

    Thank you for your little blog! You’ve inspired me to write one now about a similar subject! 🙂

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    • Akhila
      August 10, 2017 at 9:52 am

      I liked your analogy with Rubik’s cube..I accepts your points..but still I wonder how is that possible for you to do an objective evaluation while being attached

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  3. Moushmi Radhanpara
    August 3, 2017 at 7:30 pm

    I think not!
    If someone is so attached then objectivity is surely lost.

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  4. Shweta Suresh
    August 3, 2017 at 4:00 pm

    It’s nearly impossible to do an objective evaluation when you have the slightest attachment to the subject in question. However if anyone’s capable of that, then they are extraordinary humans indeed. Not everyone is capable of doing that.

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  5. theonlysup
    August 3, 2017 at 11:38 am

    Sometimes mind do resist to see anything beyond the obvious that’s when the situation mentioned by you arises ..

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  6. thewritewomanblog
    May 15, 2017 at 2:56 pm

    Your post reminds me of the ‘blue eyes’ that speak volumes in novels. But your interpretation, wow!
    Is not that human nature, to ignore the shortcomings of your loved ones and only see shortcomings in the ones that you don’t fall in the ‘tolerable’ category? It is how we choose to see it, alley Akhi?

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  7. Meenakshi Sethi
    May 12, 2017 at 4:29 pm

    Yes it happens with me. The people who are good by heart always seems beautiful to me. Though others don’t agree with me.
    Physically we Atleast me notice only those who are strangers to me otherwise all known one look beautiful or otherwise only based on their inner beauty.

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  8. Bikramjit
    May 12, 2017 at 11:17 am

    Yes true.. this bias makes us say things which we probably don’t mean at all.

    Otherwise why do the same blue eyes or lovely hair etc etc turn awful if you fall out with that person…

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  9. 2ndhalfolife
    May 12, 2017 at 12:28 am

    Is it about needing perspective?

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  10. Cook with Smile..
    May 11, 2017 at 11:18 pm

    True..we never see or ignore negative things of people or things we love too much

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  11. Moushmi Radhanpara
    May 11, 2017 at 7:43 pm

    I think we as humans can never be totally unbiased. A little bit of favouritism does hint our decisions.

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  12. turbulentjournals
    May 11, 2017 at 6:37 pm

    Humans can’t really be humans without being biased. If we were not biased this world would be different

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  13. Feelings and Freedom
    May 11, 2017 at 6:25 pm

    Actually, since we all are biased, the true meaning of objectivity also differs for each one of us. Something which is logical and objective interpretation for you might not be for me. Am I right, Akhila 🙂

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    • Akhila
      May 12, 2017 at 1:10 pm

      Ah..that’s the subjective way of approaching things… Still there are certain facts which will be same for you, me and anyone as long it is unapproved.. Like stars appear in night only as long as we have sun in day time

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  14. unsaid words
    May 11, 2017 at 1:23 pm

    Things that are close to us are we are in love with ,we tend to ignore imperfections or have a tendency to see it as too perfect .

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  15. Kishan Thakar
    May 11, 2017 at 1:16 pm

    that’s the basic of novels. If they don’t use colors in eyes how will they distinguish key characters from sidechicks!!

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  16. mylittlepursuitsofhappyness
    May 11, 2017 at 12:09 pm

    We often judge a book by its cover rather than going through its contents..the same happens with us humans.. our perceptions matter more than the facts that are just as visible as we perceive.

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    • Akhila
      May 12, 2017 at 12:49 pm

      True that..we are living in a world of perceptive images..in fact the same happened with me, I mean I never opened a particular book just because of the cover…😉..anyway covered it and started to read it recently as suggested by one of my friends

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  17. shifafawaz
    May 11, 2017 at 11:11 am

    Yes, I agree…we see things better than they actually are and overlook and ignore the weaknesses and faults of those whom we love so much!
    Sometimes it makes us do a better objective evaluation, but sometimes I feel it forms a curtain and hides the reality and builds up false images in the mind..=/

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  18. boundlessblessingsblog
    May 11, 2017 at 11:01 am

    Yes dear we are all biased, only love what we want to see otherwise all are not upto our mark and then we gossip and talk about that person or community. We need to rise above all these things which have no meaning if we want to live a life of love and bliss.

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  19. Shreya Sharma
    May 11, 2017 at 10:05 am

    Favoritism. We tend to see things and people perfect when we love them, I guess. 🐰😮

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