Looking out for looking in 2

If our observations of the external reality are decided by our own subjective interests and feelings, the idea of objectivity is challenged. 

It is very easy for us to assume that others see reality in the same way as we do. And there is no direct method for control. We can never see with the eyes and mind of someone else.

But we are reminded all the time that different persons see and understand reality differently. We see it in the opinion polls, in elections and in the choices we all make daily.

Life would be easy if a complete objectivity existed. But we realize that this is not the case. Then we might feel that objectivity is right on the whole, but that there is a limited subjective flavor to it.

This is probably wrong also. Instead, the truth is that the totality of reality is subjective. We can be certain about that.

But in this subjectivity, there are truths which can be shared by all. 

Truths are facts about relations in the relative reality. There are general truths as "virus can cause illness" and there are specific truths as "I was ill last week".

None of these truths are absolute. To say "virus can cause illness" implies that all virus does not cause illness, and that all are not ill by exposure to virus. And the sentence "I was ill last week" can mean that I was in bed, or that I did work as usual even if I did not feel quite fine, for example.

If we want to seek out the few truths that exists in the big ocean of subjectivity, one way is to look at ourselves, our interests and feelings, and thus avoid our spontaneous bias.