Can You – Really – Handle the Truth?
By Dr. Daryoush Mohammad Poor | The Twin Wisdoms
What we do when a hard question is put to us, and why the gaze has to turn inward first.
I have come across this situation on various occasions: in the course of my academic work, when I do research, when I put a theory to test, when I teach. I meet it most acutely when someone puts a hard question to me. How do you deal with an uncomfortable question? Do you dodge it? Do you avoid it?
The façade of authority
I can very well understand ‘sensitivities’, and there are sometimes compelling reasons for avoiding a direct answer. These cases, which I…
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