Has anyone seen my neutral pointer?

[bennyboy]

So, if I understand this correctly, why can't we just say, "we don't know" instead of saying it's neutral?

I still don't get the whole apple analogy.

Anyone care to help me understand?

To me, a "neutral pointer" means you are referring to something, whatever it "really" happens to be.  In other words, you don't make assumptions about the framework behind it.