Psst. That's the joke.
I quickly responded to your question with no, but the only people who would do that are people who really want to answer questions.
In any case, I think you're correct enough for this joke. At least some people really want to answer questions, and I have a questioning 5 yo.
There IS an extent to which this seems true for everyone, tho... Like, we were all "parented" in some way and that almost always involves answering and learning to defend oneself...
So everyone with parents/adult figures (almost everyone except wolf-children) they had to answer to, instilled a low-key compulsion to answer questions or any sentence with that lift at the end indicating questioning. Cuz you were in trouble if you didn't. Childen have no 5th amendment aha
Yes. Variously called an occupational habit or a lowkey OCD one (though you definitely won't hear me say that), questions are akin to a verbal vacuum (and not ironic at all I of all people give this answer, oh no).
If you have ever seen a police interregation, you may notice the detectives ask a question and then, after either no answer or insufficient answer, they will just look at the suspect expectantly. This is done to put phsycological pressure on the suspect to answer the question. Given this info, I would say so, at least in a face to face situation.
Online, I am not so sure. How many posts did you scroll past in the last week on Lemmy that ask a question that you did not answer? How many did you answer? Even if you answered most, you would be in the minority, as if you were not, we would expect far higher engagement rates on posts.
But I feel like even if they feel in some conflicted sense, contrarily, there's still an impulse to respond
Edit: i feel like this might be the basis behind when lawyers treat witnesses as hostile: make a bunch of claims that can be variably supported/assessed and you can get somewhat closer in the assurance that the witness at issue is going to have some feelings about the matter at hand
I don’t understand the point you’re trying to make. It seems like what you’re saying doesn’t follow the conversation logically. I think that’s why the other commenter asked if you’re ok.
Can you pinpoint where this "concern" began? I really can't understanf although I maybe shouldn't have commented on this particular branching off
Yup. I work at a huge home improvement store and people think I know the details on every product!
I’ve just started pulling out my phone to ask chatgpt for lots of these questions.
“What kind of spackle should I use on the surface of the moon?”
“Sorry sir we have 50,000 products in this store. I’m gonna ask GPT-4”
'obviously', I tend to correct wrong answers, instead of feeling inclined to answering straight out haha
I appreciate your response to this and also as a confirmatory source more than you could ever know.
Can you like summarize even if its an edit when youre citing a long wikipedia article
Edit: i get tired of playing "Where's Waldo" with facts/referenced content at the end of a long day
Cunningham is credited with the idea: "The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."[17] This refers to the observation that people are quicker to correct a wrong answer than to answer a question.
you must not have children. theres phase they go through which is nearly all questions
I'd go with yes, as rising intonation conveys questioning (at least in the languages I somewhat know). We even have a '?' symbol.
In and of itself, all that shows to me that, if not answer, making questions is very much part of our nature!
And questions, such as yours, incite discussion and create cultures. Even if not accurate, myths were a way of answering why we're here and why seasons exist(ed).
I think it is trained into us in school where kids are given lots of praise and recognition for providing answers, and kids who stop to think are laughed at.
Also in our media, someone who knows what they’re doing is presented as confident and quick in their responses. We don’t have any images of people saying “Well I’m not sure” and then later being the heroes.
Wisdom is always portrayed as immediately knowing exactly what to do.
I’m hoping that with all the negatives, at least WW3 will force our culture to adopt a more workable model of decision making given our decisions will now be life or death decisions.