You're right. I have been mistaken about what exactly objectivity. I was getting it confused with objectivism, a theory that is almost opposite to what you said.
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
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Objectivism holds that reality exists independent from consciousness; that individual persons are in contact with this reality through sensory perception; that human beings can gain objective knowledge from perception through the process of concept formation; that the proper moral purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own happiness or rational self-interest; that the only social system consistent with this morality is full respect for individual rights, embodied in pure, consensual laissez-faire capitalism; and that the role of art in human life is to transform humankind's widest metaphysical ideas, by selective reproduction of reality, into a physical form—a work of art—that one can comprehend and to which one can respond.
Objectivism derives its name from its conception of knowledge and values as objective: neither intrinsic nor subjective. According to Rand, concepts and values are not intrinsic to external reality, nor are they merely subjective (by which Rand means "arbitrary" or "created by [one's] feelings, desires, 'intuitions,' or whims"; like wishful thinking). Rather, valid concepts and values are, as she wrote, "determined by the nature of reality, but to be discovered by man's mind."[6]
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The bold parts show that she said objectivity is directly dependent on the state of mind i.e. objectivity is not independent of mind, but independent of consciousness. So I guess I was rather mislead. *bows*
You win round 1 Ralath.