Many of the "questions" on here are just statements with a ? mark at the end. Do you answer how they want just to get the ten points?
2007-08-31 05:54:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
No, I answer honestly. A pretty significant percentage of my answers are to questions written by global warming deniers who have the facts wrong. I'll correct them knowing that my answer has zero chance of being chosen as "best answer" (even though it is technically the best) because I want to make sure the misinformation is corrected.
Every single time without fail they choose some absolutely stupid answer that agrees with them as "best". Something along the lines of "haha yea those stupid libtard global warming alarmists are idiots". But at least the correct information is in there for the random people who read the question.
Probably about 90% of the questions in the Politics section regarding global warming fit this description. About once a day I'll specifically search the Politics section for global warming questions and correct the misinformation they contain. I don't have to do that as often in the global warming section, ironically. Most people here understand the science, so it's not necessary. It's when people turn global warming into a political issue that the misinformation really starts flowing.
2007-08-31 06:49:40 · answer #1 · answered by Dana1981 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
For the Environment category I would definitely say that 90% of the answers are people that are determined in their beliefs. However to some this is a subject in which they cannot afford to loose a debate. And no matter what evidence they are shown they will just arrogantly brush it away, and focus only on attack.
2007-08-31 19:13:19 · answer #2 · answered by Tomcat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, never answer that way, I don't think anyone does that in this section. Sometimes my answer will fit with the questioners way of thinking but at other times it won't.
I don't look for questions that conform to me beliefs either, preferring instead to work sequentially through the list answering every question in turn.
2007-08-31 16:57:42 · answer #3 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't care about the points. I'll leave them to the self involved. I try to respond to the questions. The denier/skeptic questions are so repetitive and the arguments so circular it's hard to come up with something fresh. Sometimes, I admit, one of the other responses seems to need addressing as much as the question that was the starting point.
2007-08-31 13:10:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
No, I don't believe many people would. Why? We all have egos which are not best served by altering our views to 'fit' a question. What do points do anyway? Absolutely Nothing.
However, my ego directs me to give MY point of view very strongly. Ego wins.
2007-08-31 16:13:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do I from...what like of school did you go to?
2007-09-03 16:56:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋