Why do people judge others for asking questions?

[timejim]

Let's face it, if you have to ask a question then that means you don't know the answer, right? So you must be stupid, right? Right?

 

[Hurkyl]

Irony at its best!

 

[Andy]

Whats the meaning of life?

Does that make everybody stupid?

 

[chronon]

It was absolutely marvelous working for Wolfgang Pauli. You could ask him anything. There was no worry that he would think a particular question was stupid, since he thought all questions were stupid.

Victor Weisskopf

Mind you, I've found that answering homework type questions on PF, I often find myself beginning with something like "I assume the question is really.." . So asking questions when you don't know the answer is perfectly reasonable, but if you don't even know the question...?

 

[Grace]

First there are no stupid questions! I'm still picking up things as I go along.

 

[Motifs]

Let's face it, if you have to ask a question then that means you don't know the answer, right? So you must be stupid, right? Right?

I don't think so and I also think so.

I think making questions for the only purpose of testing people's knowledge is what I don't really like. I think you may think the same way..or feel the same. ---> Bad ! Ready to fight !
But making questions whose answers you already knew and that you are looking for their possible "optimization strategies" ---> Good ! Ready to share if I know !

 

[Motifs]

By the way, I also really hate monkeys which don't know how to answer the problems or are actually slow (serious lack of g-matter in their brain) but always wait till things are completely over, then raise their voice beetching to show off their actual stupidity.

I guess that is a big and important transformation of monkey's face to donkey 's face.
Hey, am I correct ?

 

[somy]

No, it doesn't mean that I am stupid!

 

[gazzo]

There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.

 

[Chi Meson]

Let's face it, if you have to ask a question then that means you don't know the answer, right? So you must be stupid, right? Right?

Is that a question?

 

[Gza]

Is that a question?

Chi, Hurkyl beat you to the chase with his comment:

Irony at its best!

 

[Chrono]

What about this then?

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. -Socrates

 

[The Bob]

What about this then?
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. -Socrates

Better still, Wisdom is knowing that you do not know everything and what you must learn.

The Bob (2004 ©)

 

[russ_watters]

Irony at its best!

What's "irony"?

 

[Chi Meson]

Chi, Hurkyl beat you to the chase with his comment:

I know that, I was, uh, being, you know, ironic.

What's "irony"?

"I can't define irony, but I know it when I see it!"
(What movie?)

 

[The Bob]

What's "irony"?

Ironic I think is what Hurkyl meant.

The Bob (2004 ©)

 

[jimmy p]

Funny, I looked at the first post, and thought exactly the same thing as Hurkyl... curse not being here!

Irony is a bit like goldy and steely for the unenlightened.

 

[Chi Meson]

Funny, I looked at the first post, and thought exactly the same thing as Hurkyl... curse not being here!

Irony is a bit like goldy and steely for the unenlightened.

Goldy Hawn and Steely Dan?

 

[jimmy p]

Goldy Hawn and Steely Dan?

Very similar, but not quite. There are subtle differences between the three.

 

[Math Is Hard]

What's "irony"?

I think it's like rain on your wedding day, a black fly in your Chardonnay, or the good advice that you just can't take.

Actually, I think only one out of three of those things might truly be ironic.