But maybe you have pinned down the platonic form, which can be extrapolated from your examples: a good audience question is one that has more than one “obvious” answer. And the platonic form of a good audience question would be one that elicits an antinomy — a contradiction in which both sides can be rationally defended. Those are also the best jokes :).
But maybe you have pinned down the platonic form, which can be extrapolated from your examples: a good audience question is one that has more than one “obvious” answer. And the platonic form of a good audience question would be one that elicits an antinomy — a contradiction in which both sides can be rationally defended. Those are also the best jokes :).
Oh, I like that. Next time I teach, I'm going to see if I can elicit some antinomies.
Get the audience to come up with each member of your inconsistent triad.