Re:‘You Could Look It Up’: The World Before and Since Wikipedia
by pixl97 on Sunday February 21, 2016 @03:32PM
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Omission of information while still providing facts can lead the reader to incorrect outcomes also. Take this example.
Bob hit John in the face.
Based on that information alone it seems like an unprovoked attack in which Bob is an aggressive attacker. Yet the statement is still factual.
Bob hit John in the face because he was choking Mary to death.
In this statement we see Bob as the defender and not the aggressor. With more information we could see why the situation unfolded in the first place, but many times it won't be available and things get left to interpretation.
To agree with what you are saying above, large parts of human life are subjective, not because reality is subjective, but because information loss leaves us to interpret events via our biases.
Bob hit John in the face.
Based on that information alone it seems like an unprovoked attack in which Bob is an aggressive attacker. Yet the statement is still factual.
Bob hit John in the face because he was choking Mary to death.
In this statement we see Bob as the defender and not the aggressor. With more information we could see why the situation unfolded in the first place, but many times it won't be available and things get left to interpretation.
To agree with what you are saying above, large parts of human life are subjective, not because reality is subjective, but because information loss leaves us to interpret events via our biases.