The notion of reality refers to what has a true or authentic existence , in opposition to what happens in the plane of imagination or fantasy. objective , meanwhile, is what refers to an object in itself, leaving aside the thoughts, feelings and emotions of the person.
The concept of objective reality it is linked to the objects and subjects that have physical existence (material), beyond what a subject knows or knows about them. Objective reality, therefore, exists even when we are not aware of it.
A wood table that is inside a house has a real existence, belongs to the objective reality. It doesn't matter that one, five, one hundred or one million people have no idea of your presence there: the table exists objectively.
It is possible to say that objective reality can be located in the space and in the weather , being quantifiable and susceptible to measurement . This reality is independent of the individual : it's always about it, beyond who perceives it.
If we retake the example of the wooden table, it could be said that, at a specific time (on Tuesday, December 10, 2014 at 11 am, for example), it is in a certain place (in a house on Calle 58 through 520 of the city from San Marcos). This objective existence goes beyond the observer, who can be anyone (Juan, Marta, Ricardo, John, Alexis, Jennifer ...).
Different is the case of the subjective reality , which depends on individual perception. Can anyone indicate regarding a match of soccer : “The United States team played very badly”. This comment implies a subjective qualification and does not refer to an objective reality.
The science it focuses especially on the search for objective reality, on knowing reality objectively through the observation of natural phenomena relating them according to the pair cause and effect. When an event can be repeated indefinitely without altering the result, we can say that its description is objective, although this entails the need for a series of tests to find its limits.
To be able to say with certainty that the water boils at 100 degrees Celsius, for example, it is necessary to know what happens when it is at other temperatures, what its states are and the conditions for it to pass from one to another. This kind of observation of nature takes time, carries the need for knowledge that arises from experimentation, tools that cannot always be manufactured with the available technology and much patience and dedication; in a nutshell, objective reality is strict and rigid , does not accept assumptions.
He journalism It is another area in which the need to find the objective reality behind the facts prevails. Despite the unethical examples, which are increasingly common in the digital age, the fundamental goal of journalists is to communicate the facts in the most neutral and objective way possible , without nuances arising from their ideals, without influencing the thinking of those who consume their articles.
One of the tactics of the handling most common is to alter the perception of reality to get that subjectivity be mixed with objectivity ; For example, a person who is looking for allies to face a certain social group can misrepresent a series of facts to stain his image and make it repudiable. Human beings are very susceptible to this type of action, and many times we end up hating beings who have not done anything wrong, without even knowing why.
