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Ooker
Ooker
12:24 PM
@AliceD well after a ton of reading I finally get why novices see a question as objective but experts see it as subjective. I have a draft for it, but haven't had time to polish it. Do you want to read?
but I agree that the question at this moment should be closed. I'm not consistent at the time of voting
 
 
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AliceD
AliceD
2:46 PM
@Ooker sure send it over. I'm no expert on this, but I am an expert at identifying offtopic Qs :) And this one rings more than 1 alarm bell
 
Ooker
Ooker
3:30 PM
oh in short the expert sees it has too many assumptions lying in the question, but the novice has no idea to know them
but the frustration is that both have the illusion of transparency and naïve realism
I propose this canned comment to explain to the novice:
>It is possible that you may see your question as objective and answerable, but actually it still contains too much assumptions that even if someone want to answer you, they still don't know where to start. To narrow down the number of assumptions in this question, one viable way is to get yourself familiar with the fields you are interested (in this case, __________). Preferably you can start with an introductory textbook. There are many of them which are very easy to understand, you just need to search for `the field + textbook`. If …
I think this comment would do these things:

- Erase the illusion of transparency, the tendency to assume that all assumptions have been made explicit (in this case, it's the thinking that the question is clear)
- Erase the naïve realism, the tendency to think that others has the same experience with us (in this case, it's the thinking that expert sees the question answerable)
- Give guidance to solve these issues and promise a positive outcome as a story
 
 
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AliceD
AliceD
8:10 PM
@Ooker Hi Ooker - this is quite a complex text. Assuming it makes sense (it likely will) then I doubt whether it's an answer to the question, or an extended guiding comment as to how to improve the question. I think it's the latter. In that case, it's a comment and the Q should be left closed until edited.
I really appreciate your efforts on this site, don't get me wrong. Let me know if I'm misunderstanding your suggested answer.
 
 
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Mark Deven
Mark Deven
10:43 PM
@Ooker my only thought is that the poster doesn’t have anywhere else to post such a question. If not here then where? I think the edited version fits.
 

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