Are you objective?

Straggler writes:I would put forward climate change and gun advocacy as examples of those in denial about facts in much the same way that the tobacco industry was previously.

Straggler writes:I am as prone to personal bias as anyone else.
But in terms of slowly mounting evidence and the sort of resistance that evidence is met with there are stark similarities between the tobacco health issue, climate change and the gun issue.If the statistics and evidence suggested (for example) that nations awash with guns were less violent, safer and relatively free from crime then ultimately I would have to accept that evidence whatever I may want to believe.Ultimately time will tell. But on these issues I am pretty confident that my position is not just a result of personal bias but is actually evidentially sound. But 'the truth can always be questioned' and, like the tobacco issue, the facts will eventually become increasingly obvious to all. Whichever 'side' they support.

Straggler writes:I think your comment raises an important point about objectivity and impartiality. Does the fact I obviously hold a position on the subjects in question mean that I fail the objectivity test? Maybe. But I would argue that impartiality and objectivity are different.