Re: interactivity and process

Jeffrey D. Mathias (jeffrey.d.mathias@worldnet.att.net)
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 22:25:13 -0400

Carl Weese wrote:
>
> <Cameras are objective, photographs are objective, but experiences of
> <cameras of photographs are subjective.
>
> Not even that, Richard. Make a picture at f/16, and another at
> f/1.4--which one is the "objective" view of the subject?
>
> Essentially, any observer influences the observation, so only an
> observerless observation could be objective, which is a pretty good
> _reductio ad absurdam_.
>

Perhaps I should market my work to trial lawyers, as they seem to
understand objectivity as well as the rules of evidence.

-- 
Jeffrey D. Mathias
http://home.att.net/~jeffrey.d.mathias/