Open Ended Questions
Notes
Claim
Open ended questions are usually what allows to have meaningful answers, and perhaps even meaningful Deep relationships require trust, listening, and empathy.
Explanation
These are not a simple "yes or no" question but rather questions that allow space for interpretation, for Examining ideas rigorously before accepting them as true, and even Self Reflection.
Why it matters
We don't treat them as objects to be manipulated objects, rather as capable people who can come up with solutions on their own.
Examples
Supporters
This also opens up a channel for Deliberation is a discussion that bridges different perspectives by giving them a place to express their opinions rather than limit themselves to simplistic answers.
It also depends on actually listening to what comes back — ask an open question and then talk over the answer, and you've gained nothing.
Opposers
They open the mind, thus contrasting Binary thinking reduces complexity to false dichotomies.
To ask open ended questions is the opposite of trying to micro-manage someone.
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