Some others assert that objectivity is everything. Objectivist theory contends that the world is real, and that everything that is, is.

Objectivist theory is correct in its contention as to the actual existence of reality. It is not correct in its assertion that the uses of the senses and of the mind are also objective. Assuming that both reality and the use of the mind and senses are objective leads to the assumption that accurate knowledge is totally objective, and that anything that is subjective is necessarily incorrect.

Thus, objectivism makes it appear that the "rational" man is one who has objective knowledge, and the "irrational" man has only an opinion that remains subjective. This allows one to assume that if he or she is "right" in their "objective" observation of reality, then anyone who disagrees with their observation is "wrong", and therefore "irrational".

However, no one really knows everything about anything. You are only able to know those portions of reality that you have actually and personally observed and correctly understand.

Knowledge is an open circuit. No matter how much you think you know, you can always learn more.

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