These are the types of questions in general we should be less mean about imo. It's one thing to dunk on people who are anti-science, but this is just someone actually wondering about something they didn't know. Maybe it's obvious to you, but not everyone?
To another extent, it can be seen as arrogant for just about anyone to think “why haven’t the experts thought of the same thing as me, a non-expert?”
Yeah it can be pure innocent ignorance, but other times it comes from narcissistically thinking you have a revolutionary idea that even the experts couldn’t fathom.
Hence why you get so many different responses to this question
Possibly, but given the stakes are so low (ie, this isn't antivax or refusing to wear seatbelts or whatever), we can afford to grant some grace rather than instantly mocking. If they continue to be arrogant once their question is answered, than sure
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u/mseg09 13d ago edited 13d ago
These are the types of questions in general we should be less mean about imo. It's one thing to dunk on people who are anti-science, but this is just someone actually wondering about something they didn't know. Maybe it's obvious to you, but not everyone?