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What one considers a "profoundly stupid question" can be a question that shines a light to a heart of the problem or provides necessary context. For one such e
by thesz 3y ago
What one considers a "profoundly stupid question" can be a question that shines a light to a heart of the problem or provides necessary context.
For one such example, the question "how Facebook makes money" provides context so that other people would better understand what follows.
- neilkk 3y ago"Will you ban Finsta?" was not an example of such a question. It was a profoundly stupid question from someone who had the resources to educate themselves before asking it.
- thesz 3y agoThe question asked not for me (although...) or you, but for wider audience. For one immediate example, I do not know what or who Finsta is. The answer to that question, as well as preceding dialogue, would help me to navigate through Facebook's business, and my path would be skewed to favor viewpoint of the interrogator. This is not discussion of peers, but discussion before a jury.
- neilkk 3y agoPast a certain point optimism simply becomes wilful naivety.