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For an interesting take on objectivity, I recommend perusing Wikipedia's
"Neutral Point Of View" policy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view
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> From: Paul Orselli <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Informal Science Education Network <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:05:52 -0500
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Objectivity
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> Hi Evan,
>
> "Objective" can mean many things. Most museums and their programs
> take at least an "editorial" point of view. Personally, I think
> that's a good thing. I don't want to see an animist's sincerely held
> belief that rocks are alive, for example, espoused in a Geology
> exhibition as an alternative view in the name of objectivity.
>
> Gore's film takes a clear point of view, which people are free to
> debate or disagree with (like our current President.) While Gore is a
> liberal, I don't think the science presented in the film is bogus.
> Again, people may disagree on the conclusions drawn from the data,
> but isn't that part of scientific discourse?
>
> All that being said, I'd rather have DVDs offered to interested
> science centers (or science teachers) than sitting in a California
> warehouse.
>
>
> On Nov 27, 2006, at 1:47 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote, in part:
>>
>> Just seems to me that it's a bad idea for a science center to
>> screen a film
>> made by a very well-known liberal, just as it would be to screen a
>> film made
>> a very well-known Republican, or bible-thumper, or moon-landing-
>> conspiracy
>> theorist, or anyone else who clearly is not objective.
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