A question I dislike is, "are you a pessimist or an optimist?" because on one level it is a question about the answerer, and on another it is a question about the universe.
It can be split into two questions, a subjective one and an objective one
1. Is a pessimist or optimist the kind of person you are?
2. Is the part of the universe we're talking about best described by pessimism or optimism?
It is rarely clear which question is being asked. And by conflating the two, one can dismiss objective evidence as subjective personality expression.
