When you ask a question in Yahoo! Answers, are you predisposed to choose an answer that is close to your own thinking? I have seen some excellent answers that are not chosen.. Why? Are you insulted that easily or do you "want" to hear what you want to hear? Tsk....
2006-07-27 06:40:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
To a point I agree with you, but accepting an answer that is outside your own personal realm of thinking (your own ideas) would require that you change your beliefs. Since most people have some reasoning behind their beliefs (they don't always think the whole thing through but often think through it some) they may dismiss the other answer as outside the realm of reason because they can't always think of a reason the other person believes a different way. Creation and Evolution are one such idea, since neither idea has absolute positive proof that that is how it happened and the other didn't, but there is proof pointing both ways, many people believe one and ignore the other as unprovable. So when ideas come in saying the opposite of their own belief, they see it as unreasonable and dismiss it.
Basically I'm saying to see the other side you need to see complete reasoning, and not all answers provide that reasoning because the answerer doesn't understand that others think different, or why they do.
2006-07-27 06:46:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
EXCELLENT question:
I have always answered my yahoo questions with a strong dose of MY opinion....for questions seeking opinion.
Some of the questions are black and white informational types that call for no particular slant.
But, I am not afraid to listen to others opinions, nor am I afraid to give mine. Just check out some of my answers and you'll see.
All it takes is a good sense of humor and an ability to read between the lines
Good question!
2006-07-27 06:46:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen that happen many times. I've tried to pick questions that are just generally the most informative, well formulated and unbiased, but I have to admit I do have a diposition. (I try to fight it, though, and I have picked answers I haven't fully agreed with before) Oh well, I suppose it's the human condition, although there is most definitely a distinct bias working in some of these questions.
2006-07-27 06:44:52 · answer #3 · answered by Felix Q 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The key word in your question is ''believe''. I have always thought that politics, hollywood, and religion have convinced people that ''belief'' is more important than fact. We live in a fairy tale world where it is not only accepted, but considered correct to assume that your own ideas on a subject, no matter how uninformed, hold sway over truth. We look to wrong sources for answers to questions, and accept teachings not on merit, but rather on agreement with preconcieved ideas.
Accepting truth even when it is in disagreement with preconcieved notions is perhaps the hardest lesson we as a people shall ever learn, for it allows us a glimpse of our own insignifigance in the world; when in fact it should give us hope that there is more and better things just beyond the horizon, waiting to be discovered.
No one wants to be ''stupid''; everyone at one time or another proves they are by refusing to open their mind to new ideas and discoveries, and taking instead the easier path of dogma and indoctrination - gaining acceptance through agreement, rather than merit. Science strives to break these habits, and is rewarded with debate such as:
Do you ''believe'' in global warming?
Do you ''believe'' in evolution?
etc, etc.
We are in the midst of technological achievement beyond the wildest dreams of mankind...it is time we as the people of planet earth throw aside our outdated opinions and take a new motto for the 21st century...''THINK''
2006-07-27 07:14:59 · answer #4 · answered by the prof 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yours is an extremely necessary and well taken point.
If we refuse to train ourselves to be objective and not wince at the facts we are certainly better off than the so called cynic who has no view whatever on reality.
Or worse yet those who wish to escape reality by whatever means.
Growth in the receiving of truth has it's renewing pleasures few understand or come to terms with.
Kudos to you, mademoiselle.
2006-07-27 06:45:30 · answer #5 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the question. Some have hard answers that almost anyone can find via a google search. Others just want opinions. And others just want to express a point of view.
2006-07-27 06:43:00 · answer #6 · answered by bretto24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People usually pick the answer that matchs their own opinions. And yes, they are that easily insulted... Most people don't come here looking for real answers, they come here to get people to agree with them. They are just insecure and want to have people backing them up on their opinions so they feel better.
2006-07-27 06:44:37 · answer #7 · answered by sunnychick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I try to pick the most thoughtful answer. In fact, I'm predisposed to pick one that is contrary to my opinion.
2006-07-27 06:47:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I think most of us are looking for validation of what we already believe, but we should of course be more open to at least considering ideas that question the ones we already have.
2006-07-27 06:43:52 · answer #9 · answered by rollo_tomassi423 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that isn't the least bit philosophical- its psychological. If you'll excuse me, I'm off to fill a squirt gun with Tabasco, tape it, then hold my camcorder up to the TV to record it over agian.
2006-07-27 06:43:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋