2006-12-22 23:49:37 · 6 answers · asked by Argh,phoque,kill 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I mean on an epistemological level this entire site is founded on the idea of votes equals accuracy. Some questions have answers that are quite easily yes or no. Then there are others which are ideological constructs. And in that case it is the voting that determines the validity of the truth of a question. Nobody would ever care about how the name of city impacts its importance in the West because we make evaluations about cities based on other arbitrary levels like size, age, economics. This is the same about some of the questions that are asked on this site. The questions have no answers because they aren't questions at all.
2006-12-23 00:05:15 · update #1
Excellent question. When I ask a question, I am not usually looking for an opinion. I am hoping to get an answer that is helpful. I don't even mind an opinion on some of them, but a little something to back up the answer would be nice. When I give an answer that has worked for Me, alot of times I get thumbs down, just because!! I guess thats what we have to put up with in a public forum like this, we have to take the good with the bad, and choose what answer we think is the best. I always choose my answer when I ask a question, to help weed out the answerers that just answered for the points.
2006-12-22 23:55:28 · answer #1 · answered by MommaSchmitt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well in my OPINION, most answers ARE opinions,or options if you will,Unlike technical or mathematical questions that have only one solution,Life's questions are full of options and taking the long way around may still get you there!! how would you get to London from New York City? would going West not get you there?eventually! I think that when we ask a ? sometime we EXPECT a certain answer and we are dissatisfied when we don't hear the answer that we expect.
2006-12-23 17:24:08 · answer #2 · answered by JNISSI 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The majority vote is not always the right answer---it's not always the right or moral thing to do either.
2006-12-23 08:13:33 · answer #3 · answered by MamaCat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20....do i get the 10 points?
2006-12-23 07:51:19 · answer #4 · answered by eddie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now you know the fallacy of democracy.
2006-12-23 07:51:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
where did you read that !
2006-12-23 07:52:12 · answer #6 · answered by desperate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋