Tani held up a finger on her free hand. "Not so! In a proper discussion, approaching the intent of the question matters just as much as providing content within the answer. Otherwise each person is capable of twisting the whole of the discussion as they please. It is why philosophers are so stringent in utilizing different types of inductive and deductive arguments." Her smile turned wry. "I am not so stringent, but I prefer concise communication. My attempts to clarify my meaning were not meant to declare your answer wrong, but to impart upon you the spirit of the question -- what I meant. If you do not understand my meaning, how else am I to explain myself?"
She tapped the edge of the bar. "If I asked you what type of wood you prefer, and you answer 'green' -- should I not clarify that I meant what type of tree? I can still accept that you prefer green colored wood, or wood that has not been seasoned, but the answer I was looking for was 'oak' or 'rosewood' or 'birch' or any other type of tree, because that was what I was interested in knowing. Is that not reasonable to you?"
She tapped the edge of the bar. "If I asked you what type of wood you prefer, and you answer 'green' -- should I not clarify that I meant what type of tree? I can still accept that you prefer green colored wood, or wood that has not been seasoned, but the answer I was looking for was 'oak' or 'rosewood' or 'birch' or any other type of tree, because that was what I was interested in knowing. Is that not reasonable to you?"
Precise. ⚜ Vivacious. ⚜ Wicked.
