Category Archives: Daft Questions

Probably not. Wikipedia isn’t perfect, but it’s pretty authoritative. If you don’t agree with the information it gives you, then the chance is at least ten thousand to one that it’s your problem, and not theirs.

What if what were real? You may know, or think you know, what you mean by ‘god’ or ‘soul’ or ‘spirit’ or ‘energy’, but surely you have read enough to realise that there is widespread disagreement about what those terms mean, and even if they mean anything at all. If you really want meaningful answers …

Continue reading “Daft questions 013: What if this thing denoted by a vague ambiguous term that nobody can agree about were real?”

Whatever the author/s wanted to happen. That’s pretty much what ‘fiction’ means; people make this stuff up. They’re not constrained by the laws of physics, or psychological probability, or anything else. They will continue their story in accordance with the goals that they want to achieve — entertaining the audience, setting up for the following …

Continue reading “Daft questions 012: What would happen in some fictional universe following a hypothetical event?”

Dunno. Doesn’t matter. Nobody can tell you. Because it’s impossible.

We don’t. Explanations require data. If you can’t be bothered to supply all the relevant data about this event which you claim requires explanation, you can’t seriously expect anyone else to take the trouble to try and explain it.

Meaning depends on usage. For terms to acquire a meaning in English, they either have to be blindingly obvious, or they have to be in general use long enough to acquire an agreed-upon definitions. You can’t just string two or more arbitrary words together and expect everyone to know what you mean–or even worse, to …

Continue reading “Daft questions 009: Does this vague new term I have just made up describe something real?”

No, because you are a member of the public, and if it was being hidden from the public, then even if I knew it I wouldn’t be able to tell you. What part of ‘hidden’ don’t you understand?

Er–no. Tell us in sufficient detail exactly what you think happened, and somebody might be able to come up with an explanation. In most cases that will require several hundred words at least. But nobody here can read your mind, or call up a vision of whatever it was that actually took place. If you …

Continue reading “Daft questions 008: Can you explain this phenomenon that I’m not going to give you any relevant information about?”

Because you do, and they don’t. And if you want them to find it interesting, you will have to spend some time and money of your own convincing them that it’s important.