Ko tā te tangata whakawehe i ōna whakaaro, i ōna whiriwhiringa ki ētahi taha ātete e rua, koia anake. He momo whakamāmātanga, inā kāore e āta whakaarohia te whānui me te hōhonu o tētahi kaupapa tuatini.
Where a person separates their thinking and consideration of an issue into two opposing possibilities. It is a form of simplification where the breadth and depth of a complex issue is not taken into account.
tāhū - ridge beam of a house
rua - two
tāhūrua - binary
Whakarērea ō whakaaro tāhūrua e tama, he āhuatanga kaurehu kei waenga i te pango me te mā.
He aha ki tua atu i te whakaaro tāhūrua hei wetewete i tēnei take e hoa?
Ko ngā arapāho auraki me ngā pae pāhopori kei te tino whakatairanga i te whakaaro tāhūrua ki ngā take pāpori maha.