The Two Sides of a Grey Coin
The complicated nature of neutrality
Before going further, please familiarize yourself with the issue of Black vs. White Mentality. As the conclusion of that article states: 2=1 (black/white = grey). To put it differently, you could say that black and white are two sides of the same grey coin, but what exactly is this grey coin?
Theory of the Third
The previous article provided the diagram to the left. In essence, it argues that there are two ways to look at “grey”:
- As something that can be divided into black and white components.
- As something in and of itself.
A “third” hybrid option.
You can see from this very Venn diagram that “zooming in” to the grey area could lead to the perspective that grey is simply a bunch of white and black dots put closely together (option 1 above), or it is an accumulation of dots that are inherently grey (option 2 above). Both of these options have their respective perks and difficulties:
- Option 1 (Black/White) — On the one hand, this is a simpler and less complicated scenario where there are really only two things that exist. It is a much simpler world with binary options like on-off, yes-no, right-wrong… in other words, it is literally very black and white.
On the other…
