The questioning is a stupid formality aimed exclusively at preventing us from speaking at the demonstration.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Persuasion is clearly a sort of demonstration, since we are most fully persuaded when we consider a thing to have been demonstrated.
Really smart people don't want to say stupid things, and they really don't want to be a part of a PR-engineered interview. People really do want to be smart, and they want smart questions. So, if you ask smart questions, there's no way you can't do well.
I don't do interviews under false pretenses.
There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.
By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.
The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?
The very act of questioning whether you exist proves you do, because you must be there for the doubt to be entertained in the first place.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
Using rhetorical questions in speeches is a great way to keep the audience involved. Don't you think those kinds of questions would keep your attention?