authors and scientists
The more one distances oneself from the situation, and moves towards
objectivity the more one is able to get closer to the big picture. The
more involved one is in the situation, biases inherent within the person
will cloud reason and judgement.That is one of the underlying
difference between the work of a scientist and an author.Ideally the
scientist should look at the data and come up with the theory to fit the
data. What happens really is that many have favourite ideas and search
for patterns within the data to accommodate their ideas. However authors
create plethora of characters each with their own unique characteristic
and make them play out the drama, wearing a different hat (from ed de
bono)while writing each characters role. Authors are not compelled to
prove a point, they just tell a story from a third angle. One author
who comes to my mind creating completely different detectives (Poirot
versus Marple) is Agatha Christie. I think all our reasoning is not
absolute but contextual. To be truly objective is really tough.
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