> This is the best way I can think to formalize your question. These are some ways it's different than what you asked, but here's why I think it close enough, and this is the answer in this case.

are usually better than asserting,

> There's absolutely no way to formalize your question. It's utter nonsense and I won't answer it.

Even when, to the answerer, the proposed formalization seems much different from the informal question, the questioner is often satisfied with the answer.