So, I'm working on the first draft of the answers to the "Ask the Parrot" questions, and I'm hitting an interesting quandary. For at least some of the questions, the real answers are likely to be almost entirely meaningless (if not downright confusing) while useful answers to the questions won't actually be the right answers. Leads to the question "Which should I choose"?
Personally, I'm tempted to put the real answers in deal with the resulting confusion, as I think it'll be more useful in the long run. Still...
Re:Why not both?
Elian on 2002-05-03T20:47:10
More work is an issue. If I do both I might as well not bother with the real answer, though, as nobody'll pay any attention to it.
Re:Such as...?
Elian on 2002-05-03T20:55:54
Well, the "Philosophy behind Parrot" question (which is a very good question) for one. That's the biggest. The "It's really X, but you probably are thinking of Y" won't work there--the gap between X and Y is rather large. Also potentially counterproductive, as Y really doesn't answer the question and, worse yet, will lead people to think that it does answer the question.
That makes up my mind, though. The right answers go in. I'd rather seem nonsensical than be actively misleading. Thanks.
