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A Broken Heart, Part V: Attractive Irritations
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A Broken Heart, Part V: Attractive Irritations

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Dec 06, 2019
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Yantai, China

I had to put this essay aside briefly while I landed in Wuhan and navigated Chinese immigration and customs; while I was trotting through immigration, it occurred to me, in the context of this discussion with myself, that we don’t really understand what objectivity is.

The parts in us that discuss objectivity are not objective.

Let me explain…

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