What do you think about the old saying that "there's no such thing as a stupid question"?
Personally, I think it's horseshit. Complete and utter horseshit. Some stupid guy who asked a lot of dumb questions must have made it up to feel better about himself.
And you?
Personally, I think it's horseshit. Complete and utter horseshit. Some stupid guy who asked a lot of dumb questions must have made it up to feel better about himself.
And you?
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There are plenty of stupid questions asked when you try to troll.
Huge difference.
Since the saying refers to question made with the aim of information gain, i'd have to go with "It's true, there is no such thing as a stupid question.".
If you want to see it as univseral thing(not the intent) and include people who obviously act moronic to troll their environment, then the saying becomes false(though basically only through twisting it's intent).
But I do believe there are some totally dumb assed stupid questions, like, a customer had a BEAN bag and she said, what do you fill it up with.... air??? I felt like saying OMG you stupid fuck, it clearly says BEAN BAG!!! People like that make me wanna blow my brains out.
I work in an analytical field now. If you don't ask the "stupid" questions and get them out of the way, you are stupid for not doing so because one of them might have held a truth you later ignore.
There's no such thing as a stupid question.
There may be a question that's been answered a million times over, but that's still not a stupid question.
I think people learn better that way anyway, let them make mistakes, even stupid mistakes, and I'd bet they'd never make the same mistake again, whereas if they just asked someone they'd probably make the same mistake anyway because it wouldn't be learned the same as if they went through it themselves..
In my mind, though, I saw a kid standing in front of a nuclear reactor asking whether it was hot inside. That's partially what I was thinking when I answered your question. I wouldn't expect to kid to go and get a degree in nuclear physics, but someone could answer the question in such a way to really excite someone's imagination.
However most people classify questions as "stupid" when they don't know the answer to it or don't want to think about it.
Wait what's the number for 911?
BUT if you're one of those kids sitting in a classroom whether it be for high school or whatever, it can be stupid. Like, the teacher tells the entire class something and you stupidly ask a question about something she just answered..that my friend is a stupid question. (: