Comment on Privileging the Question

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:38:49 GMT

I think the answer "I'll be like whoaaa, because this question is interesting!" is a helpful, non-nothing answer

But that is a 'nothing' answer. Just finding a question and answer interesting isn't doing something with the answer. And while I agree that having really bad reasons for trying to answer questions is really bad, I'm still not sure what to make of the original 'nothing' comment. Is 'nothing' indicative of a bad reason for trying to answer a question? If it is, is it merely evidence for, or does it (or the motivations it reflects) constitute a bad reason?

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