Answer the Question with a Question (6)

[Chesterton]

Is that not the way of all flesh?

 

[Paidiske]

all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth?

 

[Philip_B]

BUT DOES THAT INCLUDE redback spiders?

 

[LaSorcia]

Why wouldn't it?

 

[Philip_B]

do you like bitey things?

 

[Paidiske]

What, like dentures?

 

[Philip_B]

Do you think dentures would make enough of an impression?

 

[Kiterius]

Do you think dentures would make enough of an impression?

No.

Why?

 

[Senkaku]

Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answers?

 

[Philip_B]

What sort of examiner would ask a question they did not know the answer to?

 

[Paidiske]

Doesn't it depend on what you're examining?

 

[Philip_B]

Are you suggesting that examiners in theological education do not know the answers to the questions they are asking?

 

[Paidiske]

What about examining chaplains?

 

[Chesterton]

If one doesn't know the answer to what one is asking, how could one possibly know if the answer is right or wrong?

 

[brinny]

That's a good question, isn't it?

 

[Philip_B]

Do you think one of the best takes on this is the Oxford philosophy exam that posed the question, 'do you think this is a good question?' to which after three hours the candidate returned a single sheet of paper which said 'if this is a good answer, then yes it is!'?

 

[Paidiske]

It all comes down to, what is good?

 

[LaSorcia]

Wait, I wanna know, did Philip_B do PPE at Oxford?

 

[Philip_B]

As I might visit Oxford this year, I want to know what a PPE is please?.

 

[Paidiske]

Why would you need Personal Protective Equipment at Oxford?