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? asked in Arts & HumanitiesPhilosophy · 1 decade ago

Y is it that the easiest questions got the hardest answers & the hardest questions got the easiest of answers?

I don't know why but lately I been thinking about this so I need a good answer, not just a basic answer.... I need to make a thesis on that statement and that's going to be hard that is why I'm asking for help.... Thanks!!!!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    its probably because the easiest questions, eg.. "why are we here", "how do we know for sure" are extremely general in nature, and can be broken done in many complicated parts. hard questions are generally more specific, therefore, most of the possible answers are discarded as they contradict the original question.

  • flit
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    To be truthful, the answers to hard questions are answered by smart people who try to make the concepts simple and not confuse anyone. The easy questions are answered by well... not-that-smart people, who make matters more complicated than they are. It's like that saying "keep it simlpe, stupid". But that's not always the way it works. There's another way of looking at it-- hard questions can only be answered with simple answers because once you get the grip on them, they're not so hard to explain and vice versa for the easy questions. I hope I helped without being complicated or simple.

  • class4
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Who says what is an easy Q. your premise may be wrong,assuming as a true something that is not,what we have here is called a paradox and every paradox has a fault on the statement that tricks you into believing a true that is not such

  • 1 decade ago

    It's because, the easier the question, the more answers anyone can make.. the harder it is, the less answers THEY can make because, answering a hard question takes a lot of time for an average person...

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  • 1 decade ago

    Perhaps you assignments of the descriptions 'easy' and 'hard' ought to be questioned further.

  • 1 decade ago

    b/c people always think the small stuff is major and the major stuff is minor.

  • Joe K
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Kevin summed it up... If I could vote I would vote on him.

  • 1 decade ago

    I disagree with your premise.

  • 1 decade ago

    dunno

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