Doesn't just have to be on Yahoo Answers. One of my favorites was 'What are Newton's 3 laws."
2007-09-25 15:33:46 · 13 answers · asked by J Z 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
To smartasawhip: umm, I'm not trying to stir up controversey w/ my question..and I'm also asking for stupid questions, not stupid answers. So, plz people, read the question; dumbest QUESTIONS.
2007-09-26 09:18:49 · update #1
jon beat me to both of my favorites.
"If man evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?"
This one question has several errors in understanding and logic all packed into one short question.
- That man evolved from monkeys (that still exist). Not true.
- That evolving from some ancestor means that no other descendants should exist. Not true.
- That modern monkeys are some sort of "unevolved" man. Not true.
But the biggest problem is that this question has a *glaring* logic flaw. If evolution was all about species *replacing* its ancestor ... then logically there should be only one species on the planet. The fact that the askers of this question miss this glaring point, shows that they ask these questions without thinking about them very hard.
Runner-up would be statements like that made by Smartassawhip here: "I know enough science to know that the hypothesis of evolution, is scientifically, impossible." His claim is that he knows more science than all the scientists in the world who not only find evolution scientifically sound ... but one of the most solid, well supported theories in the history of science.
In other words, it is one thing to admit that a process like evolution is logically *possible* but claim that there is no evidence for it. Many creationists do that, and are met with a barrage of evidence in favor of evolution.
But it is another thing entirely to claim that evolution is logically, scientifically *impossible*, despite the evidence that it is not only possible, but has actually occurred, and is occurring every day. That takes a special effort.
2007-09-26 04:18:50 · answer #1 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I work at a zoo and it's funny to see how people don't know animals... I'm not talking like a certain species of a primate (ex. White Cheeked Gibbon). They don't know the difference between a lion and a tiger... or a goat, cow, and horse... or even a bear and a monkey. It's quite sad when people come up to me while I'm cleaning and exhibit and ask while pointing at a bear... What kind of monkey is that? I just want to throw them in there with them.
2007-09-25 22:39:23 · answer #2 · answered by venney2004 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The favorite of parents and bus drivers: "Are we there yet?"
My current favorite is the THOUSANDS on the physics section of Yahoo Answers, just posting the simplest of homework problems, where if you just paid the least attention in class OR read the book, you'd have no trouble answering on your own, and would be much more likely to pass your tests if you did it yourself. It's really not that hard!
"Why shouldn't I vote for XXXX, they promise free bread and circuses."
"Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"
"You have the right to remain silent ... Do you understand these rights?"
"Would you like fries with that?"
"Would you like to participate in a brief survey?"
If I don't quit, I won't get any sleep tonight ...
2007-09-26 01:29:31 · answer #3 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
someone in my class asked what the date was on 9 /11
2007-09-25 22:37:41 · answer #4 · answered by fhjdkd 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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of course it is!
Those deer crossing signs... do the deer know?
I always find it in the last place I look...that's because when you find it you quit looking.
any warning label on any cigarette pack.....you know after that first inhaled puff that it isn't good for you.
2007-09-26 00:04:34 · answer #5 · answered by xanie k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A co-worker of mine got these gems from his students:
"Isn't the sun and the moon the same thing?"
"Can't we land on the sun at night?"
"Isn't the sky inside the earth?"
2007-09-25 22:38:41 · answer #6 · answered by lhvinny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Am I pregnant"-duh get a test kit from the pharmacy if you don't want to see a doctor.
Also all medical Q that lay people have no busness answering since they have not gone through years of training. I tell them to get to a doctor or specialist.
2007-09-25 23:50:01 · answer #7 · answered by marlynembrindle 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
" If man came from monkeys, why do we still have monkeys? "
Moronic statements are next on the list. Statements such as that from he who knows no science; Smartassawhip.
2007-09-26 01:58:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
along the same lines:
a computer didn't magically construct itself, it had a creator. how could humans have been magically constructed without a creator?
2007-09-26 15:37:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The famous "It says 'Chicken of the Sea', but its tuna; right?"
2007-09-25 22:39:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋