[kahljorn]

..Yea, "knowing thyself" and understanding what motivates you is a good thing. This topic has been brought up in passing a couple of times lately, and it's nice to see different people and sciences and whathave you investing thought into objectivity. It's my personal belief that objectivity is one of the most basic skills required to function properly in this world, especially as far as science and even politics goes for obvious reasons.
What I don't understand is that the concept of objectivity has been around for a long time, and it has been used in problem solving situations and philosophical pondering throughout the years and you would would think that theoretically it would have leaked it's way into the general populace by now through education, but it hasn't. From my basic understanding of scientific principles one of the most important things is Objectivity. This is why they make careful note of their observations, to record their individual perception and perceived results of the experiment, while attempting to retain a journal of the experience.
Why isn't this taught in school(i know they teach the scientific method, but why isn't it emphacized that it's an incredibly useful tool in real life)? I'm under the belief that learning objectivity is one of the most fundamental skills to surviving in this world. It's common sense, it's one of those few things ANYBODY can figure out and understand just by looking at the outside world. I feel that all forms of "Common sense" should be taught in school at a young age, so that our minds are already tuned to think of reality in a realistic, productive manner. This plays into my healthy citizens talk. You can't hope to have healthy, productive citizens if they are incapable of thinking properly. If people are at least capable of thinking properly I think it would help the world alot, in every facet.

Again, the theory and practice of objectivity has been around for thousands of years, many philosophers and mystics have used it over the years for the propagation of their works. It has existed since buddhism, which can be plainly seen by looking at their 8 fold path. Every single "Fold" on the path represents an aspect of objectivity. In a similar sense, so does yoga, from what I've read of eternalism it's basically a form of objectivity, most more recent psychologists even stress the importance of objectivity(or multiple "Dimensions") with their patients.
Why aren't we taught this at the age of 8, along with every other basic mannerism of the universe? Why are we raised to be so self-important that we think our outlook of the universe cannot be questioned? Smug bastards.