0910G[North America Flying] Issue157 by haunteagle

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TOPIC: ISSUE157 - "There is no such thing as purely objective observation. All observation is subjective; it is always guided by the observer's expectations or desires."
WORDS: 591
TIME: 01:38:07
DATE: 2009/7/7 8:59:06

The speaker asserts that all observation is subjective and directed by human expectations and desires. Generally, I agree that every observation is inevitably influenced by human. Ranging from the method chosen to the observation description, all human interaction will exercise influence on the observation. However, the speaker overemphasizes the importance of human and underestimates the natural law hidden behind the seemingly subjective descriptions.

Admittedly, human exert a great influence on scientific and social observation, because it is we that carry out the observation. Choosing the method of an observation is critical to its outcomes. There is no so-called perfect method in the world, which means that every method unavoidably contain a sort of subjective elements. Before observations, we often form a picture of its process and result from theoretical researches and then we design a delicate experiment to test whether the picture is correct or not. Because we have already have expectations in our mind, the design cannot be purely objective. For example, Isaac Newton, to prove movement and space are absolutely separate, conceived an experiment of whirling a barrel. In his mind, deducing by his mathematic result, he has already believed in the existence of absolute time and space, therefore he overlooked the defect in his provably experiment and got a wrong conclusion. We can find that the method choose is critical and once we design with a purpose we cannot keep the observation poorly objective. As almost all experiments have its purpose, we can conclude that no observations are absolutely objective.

Moreover, as we know, any observation consist of two parts, detect and describe. While the former one maybe absolutely objective, the latter one is unavoidably affected by human's imagination and experience. The description of magnetic field is a prompt example. When the scientific first found the interactive force between magnets, they surprisingly discovered the similarity between it and the water flow. By copying the way we describing water flow to magnetic field they achieved great success. Actually, magnetic field has little thing to do with water, however, because of human's imagination, the way we describing them is extraordinarily similar. We may find human's influence from this example. Take a look at all scientific observation, and we can see almost all axioms or theories are influenced by human's imagination and experience.

However, every scientific observation is still objective in a holistic view. Although an observation contain many subjective elements, the natural hidden behind it is still objective therefore the fundamental part of the observation is still objective. Take Darwin's evolutionary theory for example, the objective respect of observation can be fully revealed. Darwin's most observations were carried out in an archipelago and most of his observation centered on a few kind of birds. What is more, the way he chooses to describe his theory was borrowed from Lamarck. Though his work was imperfect and was full of subjective elements, we will not deny that his discovery of evolutionary theory is sustainable and scientific, because we opine he really touch the natural law hidden behind all phenomena. From Darwin's example we may find most discovery is still objective.

All in all, observations are deeply influenced by human in terms of method and description because the subjects who carry out all observations are human beings. Yet we cannot overestimate the role of these subjective parts in observation. After all, the fundamental and essential part, the natural law, of an observation is still objective. To make our observations more objective, we should dedicate you to the improvement of scientific methods and representations.

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The speaker asserts that all observation is subjective and directed by human expectations and desires. Generally, I agree that every observation is inevitably influenced by human. Ranging from the method chosen to the observation description, all human interaction will exercise influence on the observation. However, the speaker overemphasizes the importance of human and underestimates the natural law hidden behind the seemingly subjective descriptions.

Admittedly, human exert a great influence on scientific and social observation, because it is we that carry out the observation. Choosing the method of an observation is critical to its outcomes. There is no so-called perfect method in the world, which means that every method unavoidably contain a sort of subjective elements. Before observations, we often form a picture of its process and result from theoretical researches and then we design a delicate experiment to test whether the picture is correct or not. Because we have already have expectations in our mind, the design cannot be purely objective. For example, Isaac Newton, to prove movement and space are absolutely separate, conceived (of) an experiment of whirling a barrel. In his mind, deducing by his mathematic result, he has already believed in the existence of absolute time and space, therefore he overlooked the defect in his provably experiment and got a wrong conclusion. We can find that the method choose is critical and once we design with a purpose we cannot keep the observation poorly objective. As almost all experiments have its purpose, we can conclude that no observations are absolutely objective.

Moreover, as we know, any observation consists of two parts, detect and describe. While the former one maybe absolutely objective, the latter one is unavoidably affected by human's imagination and experience. The description of magnetic field is a prompt example. When the scientific first found the interactive force between magnets, they surprisingly discovered the similarity between it and the water flow. By copying the way we describing water flow to magnetic field they achieved great success. Actually, magnetic field has little thing to do with water, however, because of human's imagination, the way we describing them is extraordinarily similar. We may find human's influence from this example. Take a look at all scientific observation, and we can see almost all axioms or theories are influenced by human's imagination and experience.

However, every scientific observation is still objective in a holistic view. Although an observation contain many subjective elements, the natural hidden behind it is still objective therefore the fundamental part of the observation is still objective. Take Darwin's evolutionary theory for example, the objective respect of observation can be fully revealed. Darwin's most observations were carried out in an archipelago and most of his observation centered on a few kind of birds. What is more, the way he chooses to describe his theory was borrowed from Lamarck. Though his work was imperfect and was full of subjective elements, we will not deny that his discovery of evolutionary theory is sustainable and scientific, because we opine he really touch the natural law hidden behind all phenomena. From Darwin's example we may find most discovery is still objective.

All in all, observations are deeply influenced by human in terms of method and description because the subjects who carry out all observations are human beings. Yet we cannot overestimate the role of these subjective parts in observation. After all, the fundamental and essential part, the natural law, of an observation is still objective. To make our observations more objective, we should dedicate you to the improvement of scientific methods and representations.

论点：观察不可避免有人的主观因素，但是演说者过分强调了人的主观因素，忽略了客观事物背后的自然规律。
论证：
1.观察事物方法的选择，但不管选择哪一种，都无法排除human mind的作用，比如expectations等。Newton滚木桶试验，说明实验具有目的性，并且带有个人期待，会blur the truth.
2.拆解observation的过程为detect和describe，前者客观，后者主观。后一个过程中，客观的东西往往会夹杂进experience和imagination，导致observations→主观。例子。
3.让步，尽管做不到完全客观的observation，但是一些科学还是存在其客观性的。例子达尔文。
4.结论。

grammar defects：
1.强调句型 it is us 还是 it is we...
2.choose可以做n.吗
3.主谓一致
4.笔误