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I don't think there are any stupid questions ... from the time we are children who learn to speak, we will ask millions of questions about everything because that's how we learn.
The problem is not in asking stupid questions or the right questions but in receiving absolutely dumb answers.
I'm of the belief that there are no dumb answers, except the answers you don't give. I credit this approach to my becoming a doctor in such record time.
A stupid question is something like "why can't we just follow the teachings of Ayn Rand and live in a libertarian utopia?" because everyone with a brain knows she is just a bad romance writer without a grip on reality and a basic understanding of how government is necessary to do things like safely build a skyscraper or acquire enough continuous land for a railroad. We don't want stupid questions like that because obnoxious Ayn Rand followers will start spouting off nonsense.
followup question: how is it different from AskLemmy community? (is this question stupid?)
To first clarify this community, it's not "don't ask stupid questions" its "there are no stupid questions". In other words, ask that thing you've wanted to know but feel dumb for not knowing. It's fine- there's no stupid questions.
AskLemmy is more centered on asking other (lems? Lemians? Lemmers? I have no idea what we call each other.) questions specifically. A question for asklemmy would be something like, "How do you all feel about x?" It's more of a general question and answer forum where the question is sometimes less important than the discussion that it causes.
What about "Lemons?"
You shouldn't ask a stupid question on AskLemmy.
Is the Pope a Catholic?
Somebody should ask him.
I've met a lot of Catholics that think he isn't... somehow. I'm not sure how this works.
At some point even the pope disagreed. Or well, one of them did. It was complicated.