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Scientific Intersubjectivism

The position that scientific objectivity is achieved not by escaping subjectivity (impossible) but by coordinating multiple subjectivities through shared methods, critical dialogue, and community validation. A finding is "objective" not because it comes from no perspective, but because it survives scrutiny from many perspectives. Different labs, different methods, different researchers—if they converge, you have intersubjective agreement, which is the closest science gets to truth. Intersubjectivism replaces the impossible ideal of the view from nowhere with the achievable reality of the view from everywhere, checked by everyone.
"You think your personal experience is objective truth? Scientific Intersubjectivism says: bring it to the community, let others test it, let critics shred it. If it survives, it's not because you're special—it's because your claim works for all of us. That's how science actually works."
by Abzugal February 23, 2026
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