Why people in sections like Psychology and Philosophy...:) ?
Why people in sections like Psychology and Philosophy feel that they have to write essays at every question they answer, even when the question requires, or can be perfectly answered with, straightforward answers?
Thank you for your answer, and have a wonderful weekend! :)
Answer:
im Guilty, your Honor!
:-)
a true philosopher is indeed a man of few but meaningful words.
im learning... i still got a long way to go.
The people who write long answers do so because they actually want to help the asker with whatever problem they inquired about. A simple answer is the lazy way out, because in doing so you're basically half-assing your attempt to help, which really isn't useful at all.
It might depend on the complexity of the question, but when you give an answer, you should support and make sure that it makes sense for the asker. Plus, some people have these problems that are so intricate, so it's probably going to require detailed answers to answer a detailed question.
Gee, I guess because in those categories,
maybe those people are aware that there's
MORE TO ANSWERS THAN JUST,
"hehe" & "lol" & "thats funni" & "errmmm" & "my puppy just rolled over, inn't cute" & must i go on????
No, I better not, actually, because it might seem longwinded.
Life is rarely black and white, it's gray and gray requires details.
The "straightforward" answer to this question is: You're talking about two subjects that don't always *lend* themselves to straightforward answers. In philosophy, pretty much anything goes and *any* coherent question can be valid, yes, even "What is the meaning of life?" In a philosophical discussion, what matters is that you have a point to make and make it passably well.
And in psychology, you are talking about one of the least straightforward subjects of all time: human nature. Even your most hardcore Skinner-school behavioralists admit that human intelligence is also a factor with human beings in addition to stimulus and response. And things get more complicated from there once you realize what Socrates did back in ancient Greece--that when it comes to human nature, logic fails because people don't *have to* make sense.
Besides.a *lot* of the Questions here that specify short "yes/no" types of answers or are looking for a *narrow* set of links or information sources for "correct Answers" don't necessarily work out so well. FunQA.com is, after all, somewhat competitive and so people *are* going to question each other's motives ("If the guy already knew what links to look for, why didn't he find them himself instead of asking *us to*? Is he showing off?"), in addition to trying to outdo one another as competitors for those Almighty Ten Points. ^_^
Besides.this is a forum for Questions and Answers asked and answered by *ordinary people* and not highly pedigreed professionals so much. So sometimes the shortest answer ends up using jargon or such highly compressed reasoning that it makes no *sense* to ordinary people who aren't "in on it".
For Example: People insist on using Occam's Razor to strip away at things even though they don't *know* entirely what it is. The real Occam's Razor states that the simplest *complete* answer that *covers everything* is most likely the correct one. But folks forget the starred bits there, don't they, since that attacks their desire for parsimony? ^_^
Did you fully get that paragraph? Maybe. But some folks here on Answers wouldn't. So sometimes you have to spend a few minutes and paragraphs re-wording things back down to *grade level* as it were. Not to be mean about it, of course...
But I've already said way too much and blown it. Like I care. You're too busy counting lines and letters to pay attention anyway. Nyeah. :P
you can actually give very concise and informative info in a brief answer, not a lazy way out. most of the time pple are writing 98% vacuous comments, and the 2% is like at the top LOL, i understand what you mean, the long ones are sometimes valid too.
Perhaps some people have a different "style" of answering, like me. I don't think I write essays, but I do seem to tend to ramble, as feelings & thoughts come to me as I'm typing. A "straightforward" answer to you, may not be the "nature" of some of us. For me, most of the adventure in answering a question is the journey on which it takes me. I'm certain I could write a very concise answer if that is what I wanted. (I could even cut & paste & provide links!) But would I have traveled far? &, what you define as "essays"--is that truly what they are, or explorations?
Oh! Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...aaaaaa.
... hhhhhhhhhh...ah...sniff! Blaaaaaaahhhhhhh..don't you agree?
Weeps piteously.
Splutter...cough, cough cough.
The reverse can be true too. Haaaaaaaaaaallllllb! Equality, context..blah...halb, who can say! How can we be certain?
Snore.
What was your question? Where am I?
Ah - facing such questions we are prone to reflection, meditation, and poetry. That's the joy - thinking. One liners are for American sit-coms.
Always ask yourself: "Why its bother me so much?"
The answerer sometimes feel obliged to divulge a bit more information so that anyone who reads it can learn more. Not everyone wishes to share their knowledge every time. If they feel a question is interesting enough, they might feel obliged to share knowledge.
Its more evident in these two sections because of the high levels of misconception the public has about what psychology and philosophy is. Ask anyone in the public what these fields of knowledge are and high chances are you'll get something like 'oh they can read your mind', or 'oh they just sit down and think alot'.
I'm one of those people who tend to write long answers, although they seldom get to the length to be termed an essay. It has to do with wanting to be thorough, or occasionally wanting to say something more than the few words that are all that's really needed.
You see, if I write one sentence, then post the answer, I often go back and read what others have written and find that they are nearly identical. But if I put in a couple of paragraphs, maybe add a personal experience by way of illustration, or a humorous aside, my answer will not be just like all those others, and may have a better chance of being chosen as best.
See what I mean?
I often write somewhat lengthy answers because I want
to cater to the mass audiences that could potentially
investigate the answer. If I provide a one line answer then
that answer might satisfy one type of individual's curiosity.
If I provide a ten line answer then that answer might satisfy
ten types of individual's curiosity. The more lengthy the
answer, the more potential to cover new ground and
accommodate more audiences. This doesn't necessarily
mean that the lengthy essay will reach more people than
the one line answer because although the one line answer
might satisfy only one type of individual, that one type of
individual might be the majority of the population. However,
if that is the case then shouldn't I write lengthy answers
because the majority of the population will be giving one
line answers. Either way, I believe comprehensive answers
are justified for providing to comprehensive audiences.
i write long answers :'(
but its not intentional...actually :p
my thoughts keep flowing and by the time i put a full stop everything seems so very long :o
and then i am a "spendthrift" in case of words...i don't want to be greedy in any way... ;)
i guess that's the case with everyone else too :)
but some do give wonderful "one-line" answers too...i wonder how do they do it?
They are like people who write long drawn out guestion with multiple additions.Kind of like the one you asked. Wasn't very simple was it? More like 20 question in one.
Now for a decent reply.They use this site to practice their public relations/speaking.Ask them the same questions in person and you will get the short answer you seek.
My answers are usually short. Does that make me wise? :-) lol
Your details are helpful. It's obvious that some people don't take time to read the question (especially when they have convoluted it)! but haven't you found this in--say--R&S & other sections as well? How many pages of scripture have I scrolled, for example? Or those who cut & paste endlessly who possibly never get read, for fear of the reader getting cross eyed or going to sleep? I fear, my dear, that nothing will stop these kinds of answers! You can almost tell by the first line that you might just as well skip over them. (At least, I do.) A good question, but where (if anywhere) will it go from here?
Many people who pursue a career or interest in Psychology or Philosophy do so because they are searching for answers themselves. Like study questions for an exam...the questions here provide the 'seekers' with opportunities to collect, process, formulate and conceptualize data to help them vicariously create their seamless reality via the askers' questions.
Just to annoy you.
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Thank you for your answer, and have a wonderful weekend! :)
Answer:
im Guilty, your Honor!
:-)
a true philosopher is indeed a man of few but meaningful words.
im learning... i still got a long way to go.
The people who write long answers do so because they actually want to help the asker with whatever problem they inquired about. A simple answer is the lazy way out, because in doing so you're basically half-assing your attempt to help, which really isn't useful at all.
It might depend on the complexity of the question, but when you give an answer, you should support and make sure that it makes sense for the asker. Plus, some people have these problems that are so intricate, so it's probably going to require detailed answers to answer a detailed question.
Gee, I guess because in those categories,
maybe those people are aware that there's
MORE TO ANSWERS THAN JUST,
"hehe" & "lol" & "thats funni" & "errmmm" & "my puppy just rolled over, inn't cute" & must i go on????
No, I better not, actually, because it might seem longwinded.
Life is rarely black and white, it's gray and gray requires details.
The "straightforward" answer to this question is: You're talking about two subjects that don't always *lend* themselves to straightforward answers. In philosophy, pretty much anything goes and *any* coherent question can be valid, yes, even "What is the meaning of life?" In a philosophical discussion, what matters is that you have a point to make and make it passably well.
And in psychology, you are talking about one of the least straightforward subjects of all time: human nature. Even your most hardcore Skinner-school behavioralists admit that human intelligence is also a factor with human beings in addition to stimulus and response. And things get more complicated from there once you realize what Socrates did back in ancient Greece--that when it comes to human nature, logic fails because people don't *have to* make sense.
Besides.a *lot* of the Questions here that specify short "yes/no" types of answers or are looking for a *narrow* set of links or information sources for "correct Answers" don't necessarily work out so well. FunQA.com is, after all, somewhat competitive and so people *are* going to question each other's motives ("If the guy already knew what links to look for, why didn't he find them himself instead of asking *us to*? Is he showing off?"), in addition to trying to outdo one another as competitors for those Almighty Ten Points. ^_^
Besides.this is a forum for Questions and Answers asked and answered by *ordinary people* and not highly pedigreed professionals so much. So sometimes the shortest answer ends up using jargon or such highly compressed reasoning that it makes no *sense* to ordinary people who aren't "in on it".
For Example: People insist on using Occam's Razor to strip away at things even though they don't *know* entirely what it is. The real Occam's Razor states that the simplest *complete* answer that *covers everything* is most likely the correct one. But folks forget the starred bits there, don't they, since that attacks their desire for parsimony? ^_^
Did you fully get that paragraph? Maybe. But some folks here on Answers wouldn't. So sometimes you have to spend a few minutes and paragraphs re-wording things back down to *grade level* as it were. Not to be mean about it, of course...
But I've already said way too much and blown it. Like I care. You're too busy counting lines and letters to pay attention anyway. Nyeah. :P
you can actually give very concise and informative info in a brief answer, not a lazy way out. most of the time pple are writing 98% vacuous comments, and the 2% is like at the top LOL, i understand what you mean, the long ones are sometimes valid too.
Perhaps some people have a different "style" of answering, like me. I don't think I write essays, but I do seem to tend to ramble, as feelings & thoughts come to me as I'm typing. A "straightforward" answer to you, may not be the "nature" of some of us. For me, most of the adventure in answering a question is the journey on which it takes me. I'm certain I could write a very concise answer if that is what I wanted. (I could even cut & paste & provide links!) But would I have traveled far? &, what you define as "essays"--is that truly what they are, or explorations?
Oh! Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...aaaaaa.
... hhhhhhhhhh...ah...sniff! Blaaaaaaahhhhhhh..don't you agree?
Weeps piteously.
Splutter...cough, cough cough.
The reverse can be true too. Haaaaaaaaaaallllllb! Equality, context..blah...halb, who can say! How can we be certain?
Snore.
What was your question? Where am I?
Ah - facing such questions we are prone to reflection, meditation, and poetry. That's the joy - thinking. One liners are for American sit-coms.
Always ask yourself: "Why its bother me so much?"
The answerer sometimes feel obliged to divulge a bit more information so that anyone who reads it can learn more. Not everyone wishes to share their knowledge every time. If they feel a question is interesting enough, they might feel obliged to share knowledge.
Its more evident in these two sections because of the high levels of misconception the public has about what psychology and philosophy is. Ask anyone in the public what these fields of knowledge are and high chances are you'll get something like 'oh they can read your mind', or 'oh they just sit down and think alot'.
I'm one of those people who tend to write long answers, although they seldom get to the length to be termed an essay. It has to do with wanting to be thorough, or occasionally wanting to say something more than the few words that are all that's really needed.
You see, if I write one sentence, then post the answer, I often go back and read what others have written and find that they are nearly identical. But if I put in a couple of paragraphs, maybe add a personal experience by way of illustration, or a humorous aside, my answer will not be just like all those others, and may have a better chance of being chosen as best.
See what I mean?
I often write somewhat lengthy answers because I want
to cater to the mass audiences that could potentially
investigate the answer. If I provide a one line answer then
that answer might satisfy one type of individual's curiosity.
If I provide a ten line answer then that answer might satisfy
ten types of individual's curiosity. The more lengthy the
answer, the more potential to cover new ground and
accommodate more audiences. This doesn't necessarily
mean that the lengthy essay will reach more people than
the one line answer because although the one line answer
might satisfy only one type of individual, that one type of
individual might be the majority of the population. However,
if that is the case then shouldn't I write lengthy answers
because the majority of the population will be giving one
line answers. Either way, I believe comprehensive answers
are justified for providing to comprehensive audiences.
i write long answers :'(
but its not intentional...actually :p
my thoughts keep flowing and by the time i put a full stop everything seems so very long :o
and then i am a "spendthrift" in case of words...i don't want to be greedy in any way... ;)
i guess that's the case with everyone else too :)
but some do give wonderful "one-line" answers too...i wonder how do they do it?
They are like people who write long drawn out guestion with multiple additions.Kind of like the one you asked. Wasn't very simple was it? More like 20 question in one.
Now for a decent reply.They use this site to practice their public relations/speaking.Ask them the same questions in person and you will get the short answer you seek.
My answers are usually short. Does that make me wise? :-) lol
Your details are helpful. It's obvious that some people don't take time to read the question (especially when they have convoluted it)! but haven't you found this in--say--R&S & other sections as well? How many pages of scripture have I scrolled, for example? Or those who cut & paste endlessly who possibly never get read, for fear of the reader getting cross eyed or going to sleep? I fear, my dear, that nothing will stop these kinds of answers! You can almost tell by the first line that you might just as well skip over them. (At least, I do.) A good question, but where (if anywhere) will it go from here?
Many people who pursue a career or interest in Psychology or Philosophy do so because they are searching for answers themselves. Like study questions for an exam...the questions here provide the 'seekers' with opportunities to collect, process, formulate and conceptualize data to help them vicariously create their seamless reality via the askers' questions.
Just to annoy you.
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