Savannah State University Asa H Gordon Library

Objective Information is: observable: able to be seen, heard or touched, smelled, tasted; factual; able to be counted; able to be described; able to be imitated; is the same from multiple reporters; as close to truth as we can get; is helpful in decision making.
Subjective Information is: opinion, judgment, assumption, belief, rumor, suspicion; varies: person-to-person, day-to-day; able to take on a life of its own; not the truth; sometimes completely false; destructive in decision making.

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  1. shinichi Post author

    Objective vs Subjective Information

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    Objective Information is:
    observable: able to be seen, heard or touched, smelled, tasted;
    factual;
    able to be counted;
    able to be described;
    able to be imitated;
    is the same from multiple reporters;
    as close to truth as we can get;
    is helpful in decision making.

    (Sources: Scholarly research journals, research educational organizations)

    Objective Language:
    I saw…
    I counted…
    I observed…
    This is what s/he did.
    This is what I/we did.

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    Subjective Information is:
    opinion,
    judgment,
    assumption,
    belief,
    rumor,
    suspicion;
    varies: person-to-person, day-to-day;
    able to take on a life of its own;
    not the truth;
    sometimes completely false;
    destructive in decision making.

    (Sources: Popular magazines, newspapers, news broadcasts, Internet)

    Subjective Language:
    S/he did not want to…
    S/he thought…
    S/he feels…
    S/he thinks…
    S/he was just trying to get me to…
    S/he was just trying to get out of or avoid…
    S/ne was just trying to control me…

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  2. shinichi Post author

    (sk)

    訳してみると、以下のようになる。

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    客観的な情報
    観察できる: 見ることができる、聞くことができる、触れることができる、嗅ぐことができる、味わうことができる。
    事実に基づく。
    数えることができる。
    言い表すことができる、描写することができる。
    模倣することができる。
    誰が見ても同じ。
    限りなく真実に近い。
    意思決定や判断に役立つ。

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    主観的な情報
    意見、判断、仮定、信じている考え、うわさ、疑い。
    人によって違う、日によって違う。
    それだけで完結できる。
    真実ではない。
    時には完全な誤り。
    意思決定や判断に用いられると有害でしかない。

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    この文章に限らず、
    「客観的な情報が真実 (truth) 」
    「主観的な情報は真実ではない (not the truth; sometimes completely false)」
    という説明は多い。

    でも私は、
    「客観的な情報は、真実 (truth) ではなく、ただの事実 (fact) でしかない」
    「主観的な情報は、事実ではないかもしれないが、その人にとっては真実なのだ」
    と考えている。

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