which is more difficult? asking questions or answering them?

Question

Forget the points....think of a situation where there are no points earned or lost.

what i meant by forget the points is ..
not to say asking is difficult because you lose 5 points...

Answer 1

I agree depends on the question, questioner, the answer, and the answerer. However, If i am the answerer and we are talking about consistently answering as opposed to consistently asking it would depend on how much effort i put into the question or the answer. I see questions on here like "which is better red or green," and answers like "green."

However I think it is easier to come up with a really good answer than a really good question. A really good question gets at the heart of an issue or concept and then the answerers are left to bang their heads against it.

Good questions last longer than answers. For example:

"Do the Gods call something bad because it is bad or is something bad because the gods say so." -Plato

Answer 2

It depends on the Dunning-Kruger effect: the more you know, the more you realize you don't know.
Try the Dunning-Kruger effect on for size.
I bet you can make up more questions in a subject you know a lot about than in a subject you don't know anything about.

When the existence of atoms was first speculated, it was given its present name, which means "indivisible."
That's it and that's that and that's the end of that.
Then further research found that the atom had particles.
This time we're not kidding: we've gone as far as we can go.
But now scientists find that atomic particles have particles called quarks.
This time, they are probably afraid to cry wolf.
They probably think that someday, someone will find that the particles of the atomic particles have particles.

Answer 3

There is difficulty in all phases of life, to ask the right question truly requires compleat thought, but to give the correct answer is equally thoughtful. Personaly I find questions worthy of answers harder to appraise than answers to questions poised.

Answer 4

Asking is more difficult. Asking requires that one puts their pride/ego aside and admit to not knowing the answer in the face of other people's perceptions and judgements.

Answer 5

Discerning truth is key.

"A Philosophy of Universality," O. M. Aivanhov and
"Expecting Adam," Martha Beck.

Answer 6

depends what kind of question it is. applies to asking and answering.

i dont care about the points. i just answer what i can and ask what i need 2 know.

Answer 7

It may be harder to ask questions, because usually, when we answer questions, we are just sharing what we have gained by error and correction.

Answer 8

Answering, because not all questions can be answered due to our limited knowledge of our world.

Answer 9

Neither is difficult.

People ask questions because they want to know something and people answer because they want to share their knowledge with others.

Answer 10

It depends on the question, the asker and the answerer.