Is That What You Mean Objectively and Subjectively?

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When he was in grad school, Aaron Carroll used to make martinis for his guests. He would have everyone who tried one rate it objectively and subjectively on a scale of one to a hundred when it's over. "I think a hundred percent actually of people would give different numbers for objective and subjective," says Carroll.

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