> There definitely are stupid question that shows the person asking them was too lazy to think for a moment or at least google it.
Even this is rare. If you're getting too many "now what? now what?" questions in a row when the answer is literally right there, yeah, that's annoying. So much of the time I find it's just one of those things where people's cognition works completely differently. They might have thought really hard about it but were barking up the wrong tree. Or they might not have even known what the right search terms were for the problem.
How many times have you searched for something and the highest ranking result is from StackOverflow, but the thread says "this question is closed because it's a duplicate" or "this question is closed because it's a tools question and off-topic".
These are obviously valuable questions as indicated by their search ranking, but the collective acts like they are dumb questions or like someone isn't paying attention.
"They might have thought really hard about it but were barking up the wrong tree. Or they might not have even known what the right search terms were for the problem."
Sure. Then it still might be a stupid question, but one worth answering. I know that I ask stupid question at times.
Even this is rare. If you're getting too many "now what? now what?" questions in a row when the answer is literally right there, yeah, that's annoying. So much of the time I find it's just one of those things where people's cognition works completely differently. They might have thought really hard about it but were barking up the wrong tree. Or they might not have even known what the right search terms were for the problem.
How many times have you searched for something and the highest ranking result is from StackOverflow, but the thread says "this question is closed because it's a duplicate" or "this question is closed because it's a tools question and off-topic".
These are obviously valuable questions as indicated by their search ranking, but the collective acts like they are dumb questions or like someone isn't paying attention.