Delusion Quote by Heinz von Foerster Download Open image “Objectivity is a subject's delusion that observing can be done without him” — Heinz von Foerster ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Delusion Done Insight Objectivity Observing Subjects
Objectivity is the delusion that observations could be made without an observer. — Heinz von Foerster Copy Share Image
I don't believe in objectivity. I observe the observer's paradox every moment I'm filming. Your presence is changing everything; there's no mistaking it. And… — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
Hardly any one is able to see what is before him, just as it is in itself. He comes expecting one thing, he finds… — Arthur Symons Copy Share Image
We never know how strongly we cling to objects until they are taken away, and he who thinks htat he is attached to nothing,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Objectivity, in this sense, means that a person's statements about the world can be trusted if they are submitted to established rules deemed legitimate… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
Any objectivity of a subject contains subjective views of the object. — UEK Multimedia Artist Copy Share Image
Complete objectivity is not an option. We are all subjective about the way we respond to 'what is,' whether it's the people we encounter,… — Elizabeth Thornton Copy Share Image
Objectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness; rather, objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences and then subjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny - and… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Nature has ordained that the man who is pleading his own cause before a large audience, will be more readily listened to than he… — Livy Copy Share Image
Hard sciences are successful because they deal with the soft problems; soft sciences are struggling because they deal with the hard problems. — Heinz von Foerster Copy Share Image
“The aesthetical imperative: If you desire to see, learn how to act” — Heinz von Foerster Copy Share Image
Should one name one central concept, a first principle, of cybernetics, it would be circularity. — Heinz von Foerster Copy Share Image
Objectivity is the delusion that observations could be made without an observer. — Heinz von Foerster Copy Share Image
What we need now is the description of the "describer" or, in other words, we need a theory of the observer. — Heinz von Foerster Copy Share Image
First-order cybernetics is the science of observed systems; Second-order cybernetics is the science of observing systems. — Heinz von Foerster Copy Share Image
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth. — Ludwig Borne Copy Share Image
If the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labour, entertainment… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The Science Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality in principle leaving only the details to be filled in. — Rupert Sheldrake Copy Share Image
The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Atheism Explained is a gem. It is clear, informative, well-argued, provocative, often witty, and unfailingly interesting. David Ramsay Steele ranges over so many issues… — Jeremy Shearmur Copy Share Image
It is a great delusion to suppose that flesh-meat of any kind is essential to health. Considerably more than three parts of the work… — Catherine Booth Copy Share Image
The religions of mankind must be classed among the mass-delusions of this kind. No one, needless to say, who shares a delusion ever recognizes… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real. — Sean Parker Copy Share Image
I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it's that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it's going to work.… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Paranoia is a state of heightened awareness. Most people are persecuted beyond their wildest delusions. — Claude Steiner Copy Share Image
I'd actually love to think that I could trust Kerry on national security. But the only way I could do that, at this point,… — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
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