2007-07-31 01:58:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
don't get me wrong guys. I don't mean knowing the answer to your own question but knowing what you are actually asking!
2007-07-31 02:05:16 · update #1
keith M has some good points. But theproblem is that if the asker is not even sure of what he wants to know or learn from his questions, neither the asker nor the answer could possibily be speaking the same language.
A man asks another man, "does your car have wings", the other man replies "The color of my hair is purple".......has anyone really gained anything from this conversation??
2007-07-31 11:45:02 · update #2
This is not as easy of question as it first appears.
To begin, I think the asker should make the question coherent, but I think that is the only limit I place on it.
My rationale is this:
(1) If the asker does not know the answer and learns the answer through this format, then something has been gained--the asker has gained knowledge.
(2) If the asker has a feeling of what he/she is looking for and the question stimulates replies, then (a) the asker may still gain by learning some minuscule fact unknown before or (b) the answerers may have gained because they may have never thought about the topic before.
(3) If the asker asks something ridiculous like "Do Purple cars eat Red whiskers?", then I myself will not answer it. But, I also realize that this format is open to various ages and abilities--so the boring "What is the meaning of life?" and "chicken vs. egg" questions may be boring to me, but may just stimulate the thinking of the next Immanuel Kant, Plato, or Sartre.
(4) I do not like the questions that are not simply ridiculous but are incomprehendable (not due to complexity or paradox, but out of stupidity); Again, I do not answer them, but I think they should be asked. Nothing, no subject, should be excluded from the "marketplace of ideas" (regardless of whether I find it interesting, useful, stimulating, or not).
2007-07-31 02:27:24 · answer #1 · answered by Think 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ideally, one should, of course, but in the real world, askers do not understand their own questions or how to decide which answer is best, all too often.
2007-07-31 02:09:37 · answer #2 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
well, yes, it does make it easier for someone trying to read it if the asker understands it...sometimes i start reading a question that goes on & on, and gets more & more confusing -- then i get bored and give up trying to understand what they're asking
2007-07-31 08:39:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it would be nice if they could compose an understandable question.
2007-07-31 02:08:11 · answer #4 · answered by Jan Luv 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
no it is not necessory because, even if he or she doesnt understand what he is asking there would be a spread of knowledge across the globe due to his or her question
2007-07-31 02:08:29 · answer #5 · answered by A VERY ORDINARY MAN 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No thats the whole point of the question to get an answer is'nt it.
2007-07-31 02:03:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Nope.
2007-07-31 02:14:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
IF AT LEAST THEY COULD POSE A Q IN AN UNDERSTANDABLE FASHION ..THINGS WOULD BE GREAT. SECONDLY IF THEY WOULD DROP PHONETIC SHORTCUTS IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER TO UNDERSTAND THE INQUIRY...
2007-07-31 02:09:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
yes , but some times he /she can't show what they want
2007-07-31 02:26:14 · answer #9 · answered by mizo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would be nice.
2007-07-31 02:03:30 · answer #10 · answered by sokrates 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋