Chapter 91: The Theory of Impartial Language
Regarding the doctor's last sentence, Zheng Qing did not agree with it.
"You can't say that!"
The young public scholarship student raised his eyebrows and shook his head dissatisfiedly: "We also listened to the speech in front of the library that day, and the choice of words and sentences is still very pertinent...... Like today's report, it is purely distorting facts, secretly changing concepts, maliciously speculating, and slandering for no reason!"
"It's because of the butt. Xiao Xiao lifted his glasses and corrected: "You stand in the position of Jiuyou Academy, so you naturally feel that the 'death of the bloodline' is very reasonable. But if you're in the shoes of Alpha Academy, that speech is very damaging. No one from Alpha College would love that speech. β
"I can testify to this!" Zhang Jixin immediately raised his hand and added: "You were only listening to the speech that day, and you didn't look at the faces of Seprano and Friedman...... Thankfully, Seprano has a city mansion and squints from beginning to end with a blank face. Friedman didn't have such a deep city, his face was pale with anger, I guess if it wasn't for a few people from the '3A Society' next to him to stop him, Friedman would definitely have smashed the field that day. β
"Isn't Friedman a vampire, his face should have turned pale. Fat Xin muttered in a low voice.
Zheng Qing couldn't help but laugh.
Immediately, he noticed that Matthew, who was sitting in the front row of the classroom, had turned his face sideways, and his face was a little uglyβcreatures such as werewolves and vampires were always more sensitive in terms of senses than ordinary wizards.
Zheng Qing suddenly remembered Matthew's identity and his relationship with Friedman, and hurriedly waved his hand at his companions, indicating the direction where Matthew was.
Everyone has just relented a little.
Nicholas's mood calmed down a lot at the moment, he stretched out his finger, clicked on the above paragraph that referred to him, and sighed: "I didn't actually think about what to do with her...... I just want her to be objective and fair in her reporting. Don't you think she's manipulating public opinion, and doesn't the school, or the Wizarding Alliance, care about this kind of thing?"
"Public opinion, what is public opinion?" Xiao Xiao asked rhetorically, and then grabbed a quill and drew a circle in midair: "It is public opinion that is paid attention to." Public opinion is never manipulated, she just gives people a new focus. It's not about impartiality or not, it's just a different way of reporting. β
"Sensationalism, no justice, sure enough, it's a guy from Alpha Academy. Zheng Qing pouted: "If it were me who was the main writer, I would definitely write the report with an objective and fair attitude." β
"This assessment of yours, like Ms. Pulitzer's report, is full of bias. The so-called justice is actually nothing more than a mutual compromise between different opinions, and there is no such thing as true objectivity and justice in this world. Noticing that Zheng Qing still had a trace of unconvincing on his face, Xiao Xiao changed the question:
"If you were asked to judge a blue in one word, what word would you use?"
Hearing this question, Zheng Qing was a little confused, and replied tentatively: "The face is cold and the heart is hot?"
Xiao Xiao took out a blank piece of paper, wrote down the name of the blue, and then wrote Zheng Qing's four-character evaluation next to the name, and continued to ask: "Use one more word to evaluate Mike King Seprano." β
"The face is warm and the heart is cold. Zheng Qing adjusted the order of the words before a little, and decisively gave his opinion: "That guy, on the surface, looks kind and angry, and he smiles at everyone, but in fact he is very ruthless. β
"Very good. Xiao Xiao pointed to the names of the two people on the paper with the tip of his pen, as well as the four-character evaluation next to them, and concluded: "Anytime, if we start to evaluate a person or an event with language, then we will be born with prejudice, which is the essence of language, and there is no way to change it." β
"It's like the two words you just used. β
"The face is cold and the heart is warm, which is excellent reading, and it is a compliment, while the face is warm and the heart is cold, and just a slight adjustment of the order gives a very bad impression. β
"They are all the same people who are different from each other, but because of their different attitudes towards others, they are treated differently in language. β
Speaking of this, Xiao Xiao folded the piece of paper, stuffed it into his notebook, and finally concluded: "Therefore, language is never fair. Words have always had a preference. As long as you use language to evaluate others, you will naturally take your own position. β
These words are too absolute, just like a long time ago, Xiao Xiao told Zheng Qing that 'time' is the only measure in this world, which is unconvincing.
"According to your meaning, there is no fair and objective language in the world?" Zheng Qing asked rhetorically.
"Not really. Xiao Xiao frowned and shook his head slowly.
"Meaning there is?" Fat Xin seemed interested in the topic, and interjected and asked, "Can you give us a chestnut, or tell us the name of the language?"
Xiao Xiao touched his notebook and hesitated.
"I'm talking about some kind of expression that resembles primitive machine language. He weighed his words, trying to describe the 'objective and impartial' language in terms that everyone could understand: "I can give you an example...... But that doesn't mean I'm right. It's just a little personal reflection. β
The others didn't speak, just motioned to Xiao Xiao with their eyes and asked him to speak quickly.
"For example, Subject 1234 represents a blue, and the compounds that control different emotions in his body can be represented by A1-A100, and the amount of each compound secreted over a certain period of time can be expressed by a value of 1-10...... Etcetera. β
"I can say 'Subject 1234, A5 3, A1 9, B2 2, D7 10, A-organ expansion, D-type organ contraction, sublineage fifth bifurcation nerve signal frequency ΓΓ...... roughly that's what it means. β
The audience looked at each other, all of them at a loss.
"What the hell is this!" Zhang Jixin said in a brief evaluation.
As the captain of the hunting team, Zheng Qing must perform slightly better than the others.
So he coughed dryly and asked tentatively, "Hmm, you just said that series A represents compounds with different emotions in the body...... So just now when you gave an example, you also talked about B series, D series, and A, B, C, D, or something...... What do they all mean?"
"How do I know?!" Xiao Xiao rolled her eyes and looked at everyone with disdain: "It's all said, this is just an example, using this language can avoid 'subjective words' to the greatest extent and 'objective description' to the greatest extent...... It's just a statement. If there is such a language, there will probably be a dictionary for you to look up. β
The conversation was a little cold for a while.
After a few seconds of silence, Nicholas seemed to finally come to his senses and coughed softly.
"Ahem, so if you finally change your mind and plan to get the reporter in trouble, remember to let me know. The sallow repeater's eyes regained their previous tremors, and he looked at Zheng Qing very seriously: "Although I can't help too much, I will definitely try my best to do what I can do." β
With that, he glanced back at the front row of the classroom.
It is the special seat of the Astronomy 08-1 class of the top witches.
"I don't want Fei Fei to be cranky about this. He added at the end.
Several of the other wizards let out a low, ambiguous laugh.
"Definitely, definitely. Zheng Qing tugged at the corners of his mouth and touched the tip of his nose: "If I have a plan, I will definitely inform you!"