Delusion Quote by Heinz von Foerster

Any objectivity of a subject contains subjective views of the object.

— UEK Multimedia Artist

Objectivity is the subject subjugating the object. That is how you assert yourself. You make yourself the active voice and the object is the…

— Emily Levine

It quite often happens that the old man is subject to the delusion of a great moral renewal and rebirth, and from this experience…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Objectivity is the delusion that observations could be made without an observer.

— Heinz von Foerster

The authority of science promotes and encourages the activity of observing, comparing, measuring and ordering the physical characteristics of human bodies. Cartesian epistemology and…

— Cornel West

Words bend our thinking to infinite paths of self-delusion, and the fact that we spend most of our mental lives in brain mansions built…

— Dan Simmons

First-order cybernetics is the science of observed systems; Second-order cybernetics is the science of observing systems.

— Heinz von Foerster

As a scientist, objectivity is one of my most deeply held values. If we could just try harder, I once thought, surely we could…

— Daniel Everett

Biochemists and biologists who adhere blindly to the Darwinism theory search for results that will be in agreement with their theories and consequently orient…

— Pierre-Paul Grasse

“Religion, like science, is only noteworthy when it emphasizes a matter of what is true rather than whose belief is greater or lesser or…

— Criss Jami

“The scientific method is famous for requiring objectivity and emotional detachment on the part of the investigator. Scientific experimentation also involves extensive manipulation of…

— Joseph Heath

The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.

— William Faulkner