Lucy Burroughs answered
Thinking objectively is incredibly difficult because, even if we try to put our emotions and past experiences aside, we cannot escape them entirely.
What Does Thinking Objectively Entail?
To think objectively, you have to detach yourself from the subject or situation. One way of doing this is to imagine that you're a robot without feeling, emotion or bias. This is very difficult, as even though we don't always realise it, our past experiences do shape how we think.
Thinking objectively is impossible unless you're doing it consciously: You have to make a real effort to ensure that you're looking at things without a point of view. Imagine you have no opinion on the subject.
Examples of Objective and Subjective Thinking
Scenario: You're watching a soccer/football game. A player that you don't like has been accused of foul play and received a yellow card. You don't like the player because he slept with his teammate's wife, and you think that's wrong.
Subjective Response: He slept with his friend's wife: He's sneaky. He's definitely guilty of diving and should be sent off!
Objective Response: There's no hard evidence, so he may or may not have done it. It did look like he dived, but he does seem to be in pain.
What Does Thinking Objectively Entail?
To think objectively, you have to detach yourself from the subject or situation. One way of doing this is to imagine that you're a robot without feeling, emotion or bias. This is very difficult, as even though we don't always realise it, our past experiences do shape how we think.
Thinking objectively is impossible unless you're doing it consciously: You have to make a real effort to ensure that you're looking at things without a point of view. Imagine you have no opinion on the subject.
Examples of Objective and Subjective Thinking
Scenario: You're watching a soccer/football game. A player that you don't like has been accused of foul play and received a yellow card. You don't like the player because he slept with his teammate's wife, and you think that's wrong.
Subjective Response: He slept with his friend's wife: He's sneaky. He's definitely guilty of diving and should be sent off!
Objective Response: There's no hard evidence, so he may or may not have done it. It did look like he dived, but he does seem to be in pain.
