Answers

[Nakosis]

But if you don't have the Answer how do you know if it will be of Benefit?

I tend to be pragmatic. It you don't have the answer, do something. Doing something is better than doing nothing. Even if what you did was wrong (because of not having the answer) you'll learn something.

If you do nothing, for lack of having the correct answer, you'll learn nothing.

 

[Mock Turtle]

Is it always right to have THE answer, to something?

Or are some things best left unknowable?

What makes an Answer worth knowing?

Surely it is better to have no answers than any wrong ones, and particularly when such answers might impact on others negatively? It might appear to many as just laziness or lacking in curiosity, but much of the time it is more down to priorities - what are the effects of having an answer or in doing a search that might turn out to be endless or fruitless? Or even just appealing to one.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Is it always right to have THE answer, to something?
Or are some things best left unknowable?
What makes an Answer worth knowing?

IMHO, no.Some questions do not yet have an answer (eternity, birth or death of Universe).
No, again. You can frame an answer, though false, for yourself.
Individual's inclination. Football, Cricket, religion, politics, business, whatever.

 

[Aupmanyav]

"3,750 active nuclear warheads and 13,890 total nuclear warheads in the world."

All have it, that means no one has it. Perhaps only Iran does not have it. The others can sit on their warhead piles.

 

[ChristineM]

Is it always right to have THE answer, to something?

Or are some things best left unknowable?

What makes an Answer worth knowing?

Knowledge has taken us from apes in the jungles of Africa to what we are now. Imagine what humanity can be in another seven million years.

 

[The Hammer]

Knowledge has taken us from apes in the jungles of Africa to what we are now. Imagine what humanity can be in another seven million years.

Who is to say where we are going is good or correct?

 

[ChristineM]

Who is to say where we are going is good or correct?

Its worked out generally ok so far but the future is all foggy

 

[Aupmanyav]

It will generally work out well in future as well in spite of Stromboli erupting, only Vredefort (meteorite) should not happen (South Africa, 300 kms). Also Taupo, Yellowstone, Tambora and Deccan Traps should not happen.

 

[Hellbound Serpiente]

There are certain things not worth knowing. Some truths aren't meant to be told, some truths are better left buried. Which is why, God Willing, I won't ask for pure omniscience even if I am being offered.

What makes it worth so? If it does more harm than benefit, than it is not worthy of knowing.

Think about it this way --- Let's assume hypothetically that there is a God and Abrahamic religions are true, and their scriptures are true. Now, we all know just how gruesome and brutal hell is according to the scriptures of these religions. Now, what if, in reality, hell isn't as severe as it is described in the scriptures and is actually manageable, and all the gruesome details are actually just metaphorical, figurative in nature. The wisdom behind making it [seemingly] appear so overly gruesome is to hold people's feet on fire which causes them to haste towards all that is good while refraining from all that is bad. There is more harm than benefit in knowing the truth about hell as this would make believing individual to take things easy [as they'd knew the consequences aren't that severe]. They would take the task of hastening towards goodness while refraining from evil lightly.

We should know just how much we can benefit from certain answers and how much will it cost. That is the ultimate criteria. I don't want to know the answers of celebrities and their personal lives. It is of no use to me and bring unwanted luggage to my cognition. It's useless junk. It's pretty much like food. Junk food aren't worth it and affect the health negatively, so should be avoided.

 

[MNoBody]

Or laziness. My buddy wears a mask all the time outside of his house because he says he's too lazy to take it on and off each time he goes in somewhere.

He's pretty lazy. I believe him when he says this.

never underestimate the power of laziness to effect horrible social changes
they have the malais plague they just Cain't be bothered...motivationally dis-Able'd...probably why the references to the dead [being the mass of people]

 

[Hermit Philosopher]

Is it always right to have THE answer, to something?

Or are some things best left unknowable?

What makes an Answer worth knowing?

Hmm, I don’t know ...but your post reminded me of this:

As truly objective answers, can only truthfully apply to objective questions, of which not many questions that say anything tangible, truly are; to most truly tangible questions, expect instead an ocean of equally true relative answers.

 

[syo]

Is it always right to have THE answer, to something?

Or are some things best left unknowable?

What makes an Answer worth knowing?

For me, the only answers I like are the religious ones.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

LOL! You know, when I see people wearing a mask while driving alone in their car, or donning rubber chemical mask for an afternoon jog, I know people have reached a new level of fear.

GOOD! I'm not the only one. People rather get ran over by a car then let me go in the grass to past them.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

Or laziness. My buddy wears a mask all the time outside of his house because he says he's too lazy to take it on and off each time he goes in somewhere.

He's pretty lazy. I believe him when he says this.

I justify it in my head more as when someone comes from the store with their mask, sometimes, like reading glasses, they still have it on without realizing it. Those that try to fit their masks on while I run pass them gets me more after I figured out a reason why people would wear masks in a car-well, only when I see them come from the store.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

Is it always right to have THE answer, to something?

Or are some things best left unknowable?

What makes an Answer worth knowing?

No. Because THE answer depends on the person's criteria rather than a universal one. Which is kind of odd, if adding god in this respect. God is seen as unknown. He is also seen as the answer. So, if god is the answer, the answer is the unknown. And because people find that is THE answer, it would make sense everyone would agree and believe in god. If they believe that there is an unknown and god is the unknown, well, they can't deny there is THE answer they just can't figure out what it is.

Anyone who does pretty much the answer to the OP. Though I don't believe we need to know the unknown. But it's an interesting irony that the unknown be an the answer to questions.

If you got that.