That may well be true, but in my experience every single scientist asks stupid questions every day. The difference between them and politicians is that they write it down and pursue answers relentlessly, while politicians do neither.
In other words, don’t be afraid of silly questions, everyone is in the same boat.
Friend, there is only one kind of dumb question: those that are statements with a question marks at the end of are simply a vehicle to place a statement.
And even those are fine by me if the asking being realizes this within the discussion. (“Why are we allowing women to vote if they are that much dumber than men?” is a stupid question in my book - and even that can lead to “oh wow I always just assumed that to be true but (data/argument) made me realize that I was wrong!”. Rare but can happen…)
This is exactly what happens to me when I ask questions in more academic communities. My advice to you is to keep asking anyway. The world has legions of people who need to feel big by making other people feel small. Don’t ever let that get in the way of asking things you want to ask or doing things you want to do.
I think this is a great question. Even if there is a misunderstanding hidden in there somewhere it looks like the kind of question that could produce very informative and interesting answers from someone with knowledge in the field.
thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 3 days ago
true, but i feel like it’s a stupid question, and the people would just say “that’s a dumb question and you should feel bad for asking it”.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 3 days ago
That may well be true, but in my experience every single scientist asks stupid questions every day. The difference between them and politicians is that they write it down and pursue answers relentlessly, while politicians do neither.
In other words, don’t be afraid of silly questions, everyone is in the same boat.
thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I appreciate your kind words, internet stranger.
Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Friend, there is only one kind of dumb question: those that are statements with a question marks at the end of are simply a vehicle to place a statement.
And even those are fine by me if the asking being realizes this within the discussion. (“Why are we allowing women to vote if they are that much dumber than men?” is a stupid question in my book - and even that can lead to “oh wow I always just assumed that to be true but (data/argument) made me realize that I was wrong!”. Rare but can happen…)
Balaquina@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
This is exactly what happens to me when I ask questions in more academic communities. My advice to you is to keep asking anyway. The world has legions of people who need to feel big by making other people feel small. Don’t ever let that get in the way of asking things you want to ask or doing things you want to do.
matte@feddit.nu 3 days ago
I think this is a great question. Even if there is a misunderstanding hidden in there somewhere it looks like the kind of question that could produce very informative and interesting answers from someone with knowledge in the field.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 days ago
“The only stupid question is the one that isn’t asked.”