There's no such thing as intellectual detachement, as journalistic objectivity or any variation thereof. It just doesn't work. Anytime you consider the human you are dealing with bias. Even in the unhuman we personify or empathise. For instance the ikea ad in which a cow creamer is smashed on the floor the music and the image evoke sadness, mourning regardless of what the narrator says. My point being tread carefully and leave your big stick at the door. Everything has emotional resonance and even if you consider yourself apathetic that indifference is an emotional response. It's kind of like schrodinger's cat a paradoxical situation which negates itself. On that note...talk to strangers.