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Can a question be dumb?
According to Carl Sagan, in his 1997 book, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, there are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world.
What can I say instead of dumb questions?
a dumb question, synonym | English Thesaurus
- 1 at a loss for words, inarticulate, mum, mute, silent, soundless, speechless, tongue-tied, voiceless, wordless.
- 2 (informal) asinine, braindead (informal) dense, dim-witted (informal) dozy (Brit.
- 1 articulate.
- 2 bright, clever, intelligent, quick-witted, smart.
What are the stupidest questions to ask?
Stupid Questions to Ask
- Why is it that we call something “cool” when it’s not really cold?
- Why do we find the smell of gasoline good?
- Who invented the word “book?”
- What’s something you do alone that you can’t do with others?
- Is science really just a way for a person to waste time creating experiments?
What is a silly question?
ask a silly/stupid question (and you’ll get a silly/stupid answer) A response to an unsatisfying answer or to one that is a put-down. Eric Partridge believed this nineteenth-century retort evolved from the proverb ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies, but the two clichés are not identical.
What is a better word for dumb?
Some common synonyms of dumb are crass, dense, dull, and stupid.
What does dumb question mean?
1: marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections 2: calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument FAQ exp. acronym of Frequently Asqued Questions. noob n. a player who asks too many funny questions that can be related as being stupid.
What do you call a yes or no question?
In linguistics, a yes–no question, formally known as a polar question or a general question is a question whose expected answer is one of two choices, one that affirms the question and one that denies the question. Typically, in English, the choices are either “yes” or “no”. They are a subset of closed-ended questions.