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What is the role of subjectivity in science and therapy?

In the realm of human experience, objectivity crumbles; healing is a dance between the patient’s will and the healer’s presence, where subjectivity shapes every outcome.

— Osho
According to Osho, whenever science or therapy concerns human beings, pure objectivity fails; the person’s interiority—will, trust, meaning, relationship—decisively shapes outcomes. The same drug or technique works differently because man is a subject, not an object. Healing is co-created: the patient’s determination and the doctor’s presence can amplify or nullify treatment. Therefore methods must honor and engage subjectivity, tailoring care rather than standardizing blindly.

People aren’t machines; how they feel, believe, and want to live changes whether a treatment works.