25 stupid questions (but very difficult to answer)

There are questions that, perhaps because of the way they are formulated, escape common sense.

Unanswerable questions, the kind that make you stare at your interlocutor as if you had seen a UFO pass by. Stupid questions do not always have a possible answer, as they often arise from the supreme ignorance of the person asking them.

But what are we really talking about? what are we really talking about when we refer to a stupid question? They are fundamentally wrong questions, which do not have a minimum of coherence.

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Stupid questions that few people will be able to answer

In this article we have set out to compile 25 great examples of incoherent questions that cost horrors to be able to rephrase correctly..

Sometimes we are faced with a crude play on words, in other cases the approach is simply curiously wrong or paradoxical.

1. Why is it that "separate" is written all together and "all together" is written separately?

A linguistic curiosity that results in a paradox.

2. If the black box of the airplanes is indestructible, why don't they manufacture the whole airplanes with the same material?

Probably because the material of the black boxes is either very dense or very expensive. One might also wonder why we call them black boxes, if they are usually orange in color (in order to be more visible in case of disaster).

3. Why is the only thing at "open bar" parties that is not open is the bar?

Another lousy pun.

4. If "ordinary" is synonymous with vulgar, why doesn't "extraordinary" mean very vulgar?

Another far-fetched linguistic game with little philosophical meaning.

5. Why do we press the buttons on the remote control hard when it is not working properly?

The most sensible thing to do would be to change the batteries, but we cling to the hope that by pressing harder it will finally work.

6. Why are we more attracted to people who tend not to give themselves in romantic relationships?

Maybe it's not a stupid question... rather it's us humans who act stupidly and inconsistently. We tend to appreciate more those potential romantic partners who don't give themselves to the relationship, precisely because uncertainty and emotional instability make us feel more dependent on that attention. That's just the way we are.

7. Why do we give more value to things that have a higher price?

Our judgment about the value of material goods is quite confused and we tend to be guided by parameters as relative as price.

8. If champagne is liquid, how can it be called "dry"?

The term "dry" only refers to the amount of sugar added to champagne during one of its manufacturing processes.

9. Why do we wake up a few minutes before the alarm goes off?

It is a matter of psychological habituation. We are animals of habit, and there comes a time when our brain senses when there are only a few minutes left before the alarm clock makes its strident appearance.

10. For a masochist, wouldn't it be a reward to go to jail or to be mistreated and tortured by the police?

It may well be.

11. If three out of four geniuses have no friends, and I have no friends, can I officially consider myself a genius?

A type of fallacy that can make us believe things that are not real.

12. If love is blind, why do attractive people have it so much easier?

Logically, there is an important part of mating that has to do with the beauty we perceive in the other person. "Love is blind" is just a saying that can be applied in certain circumstances, but not to the letter.

13. Wouldn't it be appropriate to stop showering and drinking water to save water and help the environment?

In life there are priorities, and the amount of water we really waste comes from other vices of our society.

14. Why do we keep looking for a partner even when our previous experiences have been disastrous?

Because our instincts and social pressure lead us to make mistakes over and over again.

Why do we call it "Planet Earth" if more than 70% of its surface is water?

There is a fairly coherent answer to this astronomical question.

16. Why can't a psychologist be sad?

Can't a doctor get sick? This is one of those stupid questions that concern our guild.

17. What have the people of Lepe done to deserve to be the butt of jokes?

The jokes of Lepe (a small town in the province of Huelva, Spain) have been a source of laughter for many generations. It is not known where this tradition of making fun of Lepeños comes from, but they have certainly earned a totally undeserved bad reputation.

18. Where do the jokes come from?

Perhaps not as silly a question as the others. It is often said that jokes arise mainly in prisons, where the time to think nonsense is long. They are also born out of the popular lore, since they are usually linguistic turns of phrase and puns.

19. Why is it impossible to sneeze with your eyes open?

It is a physiological curiosity. By forcing through the Respiratory tract, the eyes close even if we try to keep them open.

20. What color will a chameleon look like in the mirror?

It will still look the same color as it did just before.

21. Why is it said that the law of gravity was "invented"?

Certainly, it was there long before... but it is usually expressed in this way because, although gravity already had its effect in the world of physics, it had not been possible to explain the phenomenon concretely until Sir Isaac Newton came along.

22. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Although it seems an unanswerable question, the truth is that any biologist will clearly tell you that the egg came first.

23. Is there any possibility, however remote, that there is someone physically the same as you in another part of the planet?

Science has no clear answer.

24. Why do people look at their cell phones so much while life passes them by?

A reflection that may not be so absurd.

25. Why do people watch the weather summaries on TV? Isn't it easier to look out the window?

Meteorology also has its fans.