Science is the Only Objective Truth

[Romulox]

106. These people going on about "ONLY truth!!!!" can't even define the word "truth"!

"I can say I saw many brilliant minds there, but also many petty, self-serving minds as well."

I can't say I've met too many self-identified scientists who I'd call "brilliant". How is it that I'm the first to bring up the issue of P.O.V. on this thread, if we are amongst such "brilliance"?

Here's a fun little treatment of the problem, from wiki:

However, this traditional view about objectivity ignores several things. First, the selection of the specific object to measure is typically a subjective decision and it often involves reductionism. Second, and potentially much more problematic, is the selection of instruments (tools) and measurement methodology. Some features or qualities of the object under study will be ignored in the measurement process, and the limitations of the chosen instruments will cause data to be left out of consideration. In addition to these absolute limits of objectivity surrounding the measurement process, any given community of researchers often shares certain "subjective views", and this subjectivity is therefore built in to the conceptual systems. It can even be built into the design of the tools used for measurement. Total objectivity is arguably not even possible in some—or maybe all—situations. It is, at least, a process replete with uncertainties and challenges (cf. Latour, 1987: 63-79, Polanyi, 1958). One example of an objective idea is in the concept that all perception is relative. In accepting this, one encounters the objective.

Problems arise from not understanding the limits of objectivity in scientific research, especially when results are generalized. Given that the object selection and measurement process are typically subjective, when results of that subjective process are generalized to the larger system from which the object was selected, the stated conclusions are necessarily biased.[citation needed]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivity_(science)