A neutral question is a question posed to a person with data collection by thestions allowing the person to answer in their own words based on the data collected. The speaker is supposed to teach the learner what he or she knows not based on their own views, but by what they actually know as a fact. Even though it seems to be level one curriculum, examining and writing a neutral question is more than just a yes or no question. For being biased on an opinionated question is almost impossible when one has their own opinion on the occasion. So what makes a neutral question so impossible and how can the human race reduce bias in ways of knowing?
Howard Zinn said, “Indeed, it is impossible to be neutral. In a world already moving in certain directions, …show more content…
If the elephant has his foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” In the area of knowledge mathematics, there is no opinion on a certain equation. All specific problems have a certain way to solve them and it will continuously only lead to one correct answer. For example, it’s like taking a math test in a certain class when maybe there are a few select ways to do one problem. You may think that your way is correct when the teacher has proven that only one way is possible to get the right answer. When you try to stretch your reasoning, the teacher always uses the excuse as to why the answer would be wrong. This example would explain as to why all mathematical equations are neutral questions. When constructing 3+2, no one is going to fight with you on what the answer “really is” because everyone is sure that the answer is always 5. Science for example shows that there’s many different ways to get to one conclusion when in mathematics you have the same exact method for any problem that would be exactly the same. In math, there’s only a prescribed number to achieve a certain answer. This leaves out room for variability in the procedure to produce the selected answer. In a mathematical question about an equation, the question would have to be neutral leaving only the one prescribed answer. If the question was biased, then the equations in math to achieve the answer would do no good because the answer would not be neutral making the equations worthless. In mathematics, a neutral question would lead to an ideal outcome. This is why math works, if answers to specific problems were constantly changing then no data would be sufficient on how math works and
Howard Zinn said, “Indeed, it is impossible to be neutral. In a world already moving in certain directions, …show more content…
If the elephant has his foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” In the area of knowledge mathematics, there is no opinion on a certain equation. All specific problems have a certain way to solve them and it will continuously only lead to one correct answer. For example, it’s like taking a math test in a certain class when maybe there are a few select ways to do one problem. You may think that your way is correct when the teacher has proven that only one way is possible to get the right answer. When you try to stretch your reasoning, the teacher always uses the excuse as to why the answer would be wrong. This example would explain as to why all mathematical equations are neutral questions. When constructing 3+2, no one is going to fight with you on what the answer “really is” because everyone is sure that the answer is always 5. Science for example shows that there’s many different ways to get to one conclusion when in mathematics you have the same exact method for any problem that would be exactly the same. In math, there’s only a prescribed number to achieve a certain answer. This leaves out room for variability in the procedure to produce the selected answer. In a mathematical question about an equation, the question would have to be neutral leaving only the one prescribed answer. If the question was biased, then the equations in math to achieve the answer would do no good because the answer would not be neutral making the equations worthless. In mathematics, a neutral question would lead to an ideal outcome. This is why math works, if answers to specific problems were constantly changing then no data would be sufficient on how math works and