How do you determine whether a question is an intelligent question or a non-intelligent question?

Answer 1

Actually Mr. Crater, Intelligent isn't exactly the right word to use in defining yahoo Q's and A's. It has more to do with personal relevance and importance, in many cases.

Certainly there are those who come here asking inane Q's,,and they are aware of that, but many, especially the young, come here asking Q's that may in fact be VERY valid to them, their situation, and experiences.

Beyond that, intelligence truly is subjective, and often abstract in that we all are at different levels. A high IQ suggests something of course, but it doesn't prove the intuition, the emotion, the desire to know more,,, of anyone. Beyond beyond that... For many, and maybe it should be so for all, Yahoo Q & A is a place to go/be to use time. Often that time could be better spent,,,which to me, relates to increased experiences, hence possible increased intelligence.

No offense meant BTW.

Rev. Steven

Answer 2

An intelligent question is one that utilizes information relevant to the topic in order to elicit an answer that will facilitate a better understanding of the topic.

As an instructor, I often hear students say, "I have lots of questions but I don't know enough to ask an intelligent question." This usually occurs during the introductory portion of a course when the student is learning many new terms and definitions. The student is not yet sure how the various terms and definitions are related to each other and so is not sure how to phrase a question. Once the student is able to see the basic relationships between pieces of information, she or he can ask questions that fill in the knowledge gaps. Questions that fill in the individual's knowledge gaps are intelligent questions.

How intelligent a question is, is also relevant to the knowledge level of the individual asking the question. A question may be considered highly intelligent when asked by a new student on the first day of class. The same question may be considered incredibly stupid if asked by a graduate.

Answer 3

First of all, an intelligent question must be a true request for knowledge or ideas. People asking question they already know the answers to just to make conversation annoys me.

Second, an intelligent question is usually not easy to answer. It usually requires thought of the asker and the answerer. Asking if "A" is the answer on a test is not intelligent. Asking if the test is truly assessing what its supposed to is.

Third, a question can be intelligent depending on who is asked. An intelligent inquirer will know who to ask what.

Answer 4

1. Are there an excessive amount of mispelled words?
2. Is the question fueled by hate/anger?
3. Is the answer to the question widely known by most?

If the answer is "no" to all, it's usually a fairly intelligent question

Answer 5

When you think deep into it, is their really an "intelligent" question or an interesting question? how do you classify an intelligent question to an interesting question to an hypothetical question?

Intelligence is in the mind of the beholder..

Answer 6

Intelligent question is any objective question that leads to an objective answer to the person asking the question

Answer 7

When you ask intelligent you get intelligent answers. It's true.

Answer 8

every question is an intelligent question... to ask is to learn.

remember that the only thing that makes humans ascentiate is our ability to imagine... to ask questions and receive or create answers.

Answer 9

this was an intelligent question

Answer 10

Can the person form a complete and proper sentence? Oh wait that excludes half of Answers...