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Do humans have an inherent tendency to want to answer/respond to questions? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

[Prof. Snape] Clearly ;)

[–] CiderApplenTea@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

'obviously', I tend to correct wrong answers, instead of feeling inclined to answering straight out haha

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I appreciate your response to this and also as a confirmatory source more than you could ever know.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you mean that you follow Cunningham's Law. /s

(I tried to phrase that as a correction)

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Can you like summarize even if its an edit when youre citing a long wikipedia article

Edit: i get tired of playing "Where's Waldo" with facts/referenced content at the end of a long day

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cunningham is credited with the idea: "The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."[17] This refers to the observation that people are quicker to correct a wrong answer than to answer a question.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No comment ;)

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Continue...

Edit: so if I get something wrong, ur all over it?!