Too Perfect Question
WAS pleased to hear the 4YA Brains Trust back on the air after a short spell, but a little disappointed to hear them spending time on a question which has been well-discussed already on the air. The Questionmaster, Professor Knight, was right in saying that it was an almost "perfect question," since it was the sort of thing a group of people could discuss all night, all being in disagreement but not liable to become acrimonious on that account. This was
perfectly true, but the creeping doubt was not far away-why should our radio discussions run smooth, placid, and agreeable? I myself have commended discussions for this very non-argumen-tative quality, but I merely meant thereby that it is good to hear people discussing a problem without losing their tempers or the thread of their argument, and I would not at any time have the discussion bog down into gentle agreement on all sides, as a recent ZB discussion on "pedestrian and motorist’ almost did. In the 4YA session, the almost perfect question turned out to be our old friend, "What are the qualities. of a perfect host, ahd a perfect guest?", which listeners will remember was admirably handled by the BBC Brains Trust. I preferred the discussion, both lively and thoughtful, of the problem whether adoption of the "live and let live" attitude is likely to. make for race suicide,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 474, 23 July 1948, Page 9
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233Too Perfect Question New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 474, 23 July 1948, Page 9
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