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Your question is unclearly written. I'm not sure what your "assertion about the importance of a 'mature understanding' being desirable" specifically refers to. My guess is the assertion "it is help...

posted 1y ago by Derek Elkins‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar trichoplax‭ · 2023-10-12T14:54:56Z (about 1 year ago)
Add missing word
  • Your question is unclearly written. I'm not sure what your "assertion about the importance of a 'mature understanding' being desirable" specifically refers to. My guess is the assertion "it is helpful for the^[Codidact is not a singular Q&A community, so using "the" here doesn't really make sense. You could say Codidact is a singular community containing multiple Q&A communities, but it is a fairly explicitly stated view that different Q&A communities can have different values, including different standards for questions.] community to have a mature understanding of what actually makes a good question" where "mature understanding" seems to defined as "a good understanding of viewpoints that don't agree with you".
  • So, to unpack it, your actual assertion seems to be "it is helpful for the community to have a good understanding of viewpoints on what actually makes a good question that don't agree with the community's". This is already a bit incoherent as your notion of "mature understanding" doesn't really make sense when applied to a community since communities don't have a singular viewpoint and don't "understand" things.
  • Regardless, I think it's potentially possible for a Q&A community having something like your "'mature understanding' of what actually makes a good question" to be undesirable. However, desirable or not, I think it is simply unimportant. What *is* important for a community to have a rough consensus on what makes a good question (for that community).
  • Your question is unclearly written. I'm not sure what your "assertion about the importance of a 'mature understanding' being desirable" specifically refers to. My guess is the assertion "it is helpful for the^[Codidact is not a singular Q&A community, so using "the" here doesn't really make sense. You could say Codidact is a singular community containing multiple Q&A communities, but it is a fairly explicitly stated view that different Q&A communities can have different values, including different standards for questions.] community to have a mature understanding of what actually makes a good question" where "mature understanding" seems to defined as "a good understanding of viewpoints that don't agree with you".
  • So, to unpack it, your actual assertion seems to be "it is helpful for the community to have a good understanding of viewpoints on what actually makes a good question that don't agree with the community's". This is already a bit incoherent as your notion of "mature understanding" doesn't really make sense when applied to a community since communities don't have a singular viewpoint and don't "understand" things.
  • Regardless, I think it's potentially possible for a Q&A community having something like your "'mature understanding' of what actually makes a good question" to be undesirable. However, desirable or not, I think it is simply unimportant. What *is* important is for a community to have a rough consensus on what makes a good question (for that community).
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Derek Elkins‭ · 2023-10-12T06:20:32Z (about 1 year ago)
Your question is unclearly written. I'm not sure what your "assertion about the importance of a 'mature understanding' being desirable" specifically refers to. My guess is the assertion "it is helpful for the^[Codidact is not a singular Q&A community, so using "the" here doesn't really make sense. You could say Codidact is a singular community containing multiple Q&A communities, but it is a fairly explicitly stated view that different Q&A communities can have different values, including different standards for questions.] community to have a mature understanding of what actually makes a good question" where "mature understanding" seems to defined as "a good understanding of viewpoints that don't agree with you".

So, to unpack it, your actual assertion seems to be "it is helpful for the community to have a good understanding of viewpoints on what actually makes a good question that don't agree with the community's". This is already a bit incoherent as your notion of "mature understanding" doesn't really make sense when applied to a community since communities don't have a singular viewpoint and don't "understand" things.

Regardless, I think it's potentially possible for a Q&A community having something like your "'mature understanding' of what actually makes a good question" to be undesirable. However, desirable or not, I think it is simply unimportant. What *is* important for a community to have a rough consensus on what makes a good question (for that community).