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Re:Hacker news, but for ideas by rglullis on Friday November 06, 2009 @03:50AM (#925707)
The questions that I see coming from amichail are either questions that have no real, objective answer (Are parents essentially AI researchers? Why not turn twitter into a massive brain for problem solving / brainstorming? Should games like The Sims be banned?) or questions where the best way to get an answer is to just be scientific about it and create an experiment - Would presenting less evidence for evolution convince more people? Allow PhDs to apply for expert status in various subreddits?. This is why I think they are inane. It's not about asking questions. It's about making the right ones.

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Whenever I'm around a child that keeps asking me questions, my standard response is "I don't know. How can we figure that out?". It usually works. If it's genuine curiosity, then they will be really excited to be able to take part in the discovery. If they were just trying to be annoying or looking for an easy answer, then they just forget about it and move on.

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