This might sound like an autistic question but why do we even talk to one another? To exchange information? Hardly. I do that, but I'm not sure others do that.
For example, people rarely answer each other's questions in discussions it is like they are always trying to reject each others' questions, tiptoe around them, counter-question the premises, etc.
It seems that search engines, encyclopedias, journals, and even fucking chatbots are better at directly answering questions than humans are, but that is only the case because those are constant capital, products of past labor, built by actual humans who cared about the subject matters. But most humans are not like that.
Most humans are hostile to even the most basic requests for information. People often hear a question as an implied argument rather than a request for information. Why is that? How dare I even ask. I suppose Answering directly can feel like conceding the framing or assumptions behind the question. Many discussions are status negotiations more than collaborative inquiry. What a shame. I get that some questions are genuinely loaded, ambiguous, or impossible to answer cleanly without unpacking assumptions first, but it also seems like people are really angrily protective of identity and group affiliation; they act like direct answers corner them, like it's an actual physical threat to their sense of self. Some of you need to experience ego death.
I'm allistic and I feel the same with certain people. Like my fuckin mom (love her) never actually answers a question. She races her mind at the speed of light to figure out what I """really""" mean. Like I ask her what she had for lunch and she says "I'm not overeating don't worry".
>>783322>. She races her mind at the speed of light to figure out what I """really""" mean. Like I ask her what she had for lunch and she says "I'm not overeating don't worry".lol my mother in law is like that
Thank you
People like to complain about how everyone is being more antisocial or whatever but these same people are the same ones who think themselves better than everyone else
People complain about echochambers all the time, yet they get offended if you dismiss popular conspiracy theories. They even treat you like a leper if you know/care nothing about politics
Parents accuse search engines of giving kids big roofs but these same parents don’t have patience or desire to teach their kids anything. In fact, parents more often than not act as gatekeepers of information rather than fountains of wisdom
humans are emotional creatures. i know hqrd to believe