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GP picked that example because the article explicitly calls it a bad question. The third paragraph of the article: >Let’s say your friend is obsessed with buil
by LordDragonfang 5y ago
GP picked that example because the article explicitly calls it a bad question. The third paragraph of the article:
>Let’s say your friend is obsessed with building a new search-engine. When you ask them why do they believe they can do better than Google, you are literally telling them that they shouldn’t be doing this since if it was ‘correct’ or possible or profitable, then Google would have already done that. This is bad.
- kazinator 5y agoIt's not the same at all, because that question insinuates that Google is already doing everything close to as best as possible. Whereas users who use Google may have reasons to use an alternative engine even if it isn't strictly better than Google in every regard. Probing into who those users might be and what their needs are envisioned to be is more constructive than "can you do better than Google"?