Teena,
No, of course not. They were developed, over time, by people. As such
they're "models" (imperfect representations of other things), but they
represent phenomena that exist. And because the models are crisply
described external to the human mind, they are objective entities.
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*Prof. Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng.*
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On 3 January 2016 at 20:16, Teena Clerke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Fil,
>
> Are you saying that tests/methods/conditions/conclusions were drawn by ‘no
> one’?
>
> cheers, teena
>
>
> > Put another way: no one "decided." All the tests/methods/conditions are
> > conclusions drawn from research on the subject. That's what makes it
> > objective.
>
>
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