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Culture shapes effective inquiry

To acquire an answer to your questions, you must change the question to fit the culture. Americans want “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth (Origin of the Oath)”. Avoidance of direct answers is not the virtue of those who care for the honor of others-it’s an obstruction of justice. Therefore, each American learns to ask direct questions if they want direct answers, and those who won’t answer in the way we expect are suspect of having something to hide.…