[quote]Professor X wrote:
jjoseph_x wrote:
There is very large flaw in your reasoning: people don’t necessarily know how to research their questions.
If you do a google search for, I dunno, “increase testosterone”, you’ll get lots of crappy results (of the promised penis lengthening kind probably).
That’s not a flaw in his thinking. That is a flaw in the thinking of the person asking the question. Most of this information took years of study to learn the basics.
I was a biology major in college. This shit wasn’t just handed to me and took a lot of personal research so I could tell the difference between bullshit and truth. The problem is, people log on and want everything handed to them. very often, it is nowhere near that simple…because how does the person asking the question know who is answering their question correctly and who is blowing smoke up their ass? They don’t unless they have educated themselves enough to know the difference.
Much like the guy that asked about fat loss in obese people, it was pretty clear that he had a basic understanding of how the body worked…but it isn’t that basic…and that won’t be explained fully in a response to an internet question. It takes opening some books on basic anatomy and physiology. It takes TIME and a whole lot of personal effort…something many of these people don’t seem to want to put in at all.
If you log onto a discussion forum for the first fucking time and start asking questions without any research of the forum or past topics that have been discussed, you are an idiot, plain and simple. You deserve whatever half assed answers get thrown at you.
People need to stop making excuses for laziness all in the name of it being a “discussion”. If you ask about creatine…when the same damn question was just asked the day before and there is a huge button that reads “SEARCH” on the top of the screen, you are a dumbass. Don’t make excuses for them. Point out the search button and let them do some reading.[/quote]
I understand your point, however, if you don’t know how to search, or aren’t capable of searching for the answer, you might, instead want to post a question.
It’s not necessarily a question of laziness or stupidity. Sometimes, it’s sufficient simple to prompt someone to do a little search (i.e. just tell 'em to click on search and they’ll find all of the info).
Like I mentioned earlier, if you do enough research (and there is a lot of material out there) you probably will find the answer to your question (whatever it is), so almost no one would ever need to post on a forum at all. So, you could theoretically say the same so any most people who post questions (newbies or not).
Very often the dicussion that follows the question does matter.
However you are right, we do want immediate answers… it’s human nature (we want whatever we want as quickly, and easily as possible… though it doesn’t always happen… but it’s still what we want). If you’re lost you could consult a map or drive around until you find my destination… or you could just ask someone for directions.
However, if you feel that it’s a silly question, that’s already been answered, just don’t reply…