Can we communicate using only questions?

Can we communicate using only questions? [+ favourites]

If a person writes a letter, or speaks his/her thoughts, intentions, etc., to you and if you understand that person’s meaning, intent, purpose, spirit, etc., then communication has taken place. This communication enables the one receiving the information to access the mind of the giver of the communication.

Questions lead, and in Scientific Method, Akham's Razor and deductive reasoning they lead us to purer forms of the truth.

Questions rely on the respondent's base of knowledge and most quickly display their proficency on any subject matter.

Questions share responsibility for the flow of communication between parties and are the pathways to solid consensus.

We obviously cannot do without them and can we rely soley upon them?

Comments?

"You are affected by 3 generations and you affect 3 generations, and every third generation a major change takes place in the family."

Is this a question?

""No words""

Questions are as integral as conclusions, because every conclusion leads to a new question.

But every question requires the conclusions before it in order for it to exist.

"What color is that?"

"Red."

"Why is it Red?"

etc.

"Hating everyone protects me from elitism."

What I'm refering to is, should we adopt a dialectic similar to that of Socrates and Plato, using questions and reasoning to gently sway opinions to reflect our own perspectives?

If, tommorow, granted this talent, ....? What? What do you ask a person whom you now control? It doesn't matter what direction that's taken, could you do it using only questions?

heyjme1 I get your "point" should I say, that you make mine?

"You are affected by 3 generations and you affect 3 generations, and every third generation a major change takes place in the family."

This isn't standup improv. You don't have to ask questions with every sentence.

But yes... the most effective method I've found to sway someone who is open minded is to scrutinize their own beliefs using their analytical skill by steering them using questions.

When it comes to closed minded people, however, the conversation ends when you ask them how they view "1+1=2" as logical and their response is "because I choose to believe that."

It is at that point that you either leave the conversation or retort with "you're an idiot".

"Hating everyone protects me from elitism."

socrates didnt always talk like that. he used a method of interagation towards someone he was trying to teach, so that they would learn evrything about the subject. he wouldnt stop untill no one could ask why.

"Wht cry for those that often cry? Instead, help them smile, and smile for those that smile."

Yeah, that's a very good way of making sure somoene understands fully eveyrthing they say. In fact, using that method on yourself really gives you insight into the logic of your thoughts. Asking yourself "why?" over and over with every answer you have certifies that you actually base your beliefs in intelligence, not assumption and conforming.

"Hating everyone protects me from elitism."

i ask why about everything.

it's a little off topic but I think at some point everyone asks why.. but eventually we conclude to ourselves that we dont not know why and so it goes.. we live life not knowing, why..

""That's only the tip of the iceberg.""