Objectivity is not an unobtainable emptying of mind, but a willingness to abandon a set of preferences — for or against some view, as Darwin said — when the world seems to work in a contrary way.


Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History, Part Three, Chapter 11 (p. 136), Random House, Inc. 1995

Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

Objectivity is not an unobtainable emptying of mind, but a willingness to abandon a set of preferences — for or against some view, as Darwin said...

Objectivity is not an unobtainable emptying of mind, but a willingness to abandon a set of preferences — for or against some view, as Darwin said...

Objectivity is not an unobtainable emptying of mind, but a willingness to abandon a set of preferences — for or against some view, as Darwin said...

Objectivity is not an unobtainable emptying of mind, but a willingness to abandon a set of preferences — for or against some view, as Darwin said...