Larry Sanger

It is focused on evidence above all else, and especially it requires training, careful use of logic.

So all of these things are part of the virtue of objectivity.

It has nothing to do with neutrality as such.

So neutrality is not a feature of persons.

It's a feature of texts or of communication, generally speaking.

So we can say that teaching and journalism and reference works can be and I think should be neutral.

And what that means is when there is an area of disagreement

then the communication doesn't take a side, right?

The writing doesn't take a side.

Again, this is not talking about the authors of the article.

The author actually might think that one position is correct, but if the author writes something neutrally,

Then he is simply presenting what we call the dialectical landscapes, like the conversation, right?

Teaching the debate is one, you know.

fraught phrase that, you know, will piss people off.

But nevertheless, it was a phrase used for good reason, actually.

It's actually important if you really want to understand any subject that is controversial to understand the debate.

And you actually have to teach the debate before you and really study it before you can understand it.

And take a really well-informed position.

It's extremely challenging.

Yes.