After all, isn't everything subjective to oneself?

KJ Method Study Session @ Loftwork

In the process of writing it all down and trying to summarize it, I find myself thinking, "Isn't this all subjective? and I don't know what I should base my recommendation on with confidence.

I think this and that may be related" is subject, and "this group is, in essence, what this is about" is also subjective. That is not the part that Jiro Kawakita saw as problematic.

Suppose you are confronted with data, and before looking at it carefully, you think, "This is what it must be like," and organize the data accordingly. This is a cocktail of shrimps with tanned skin and boiled vegetables (sometimes including garlic, sometimes beef or pork) in the "prior subjective" column. With this kind of organization, it is easy to ignore data that does not fit well. This is the problem.

relevance

Borrowed subjectivity

preconceived notion

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