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September 2009 
What is a real question?
Posted on Aug 28th, 2009
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Pocahedron
Pocahedron
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for August 28, 2009:
To me, a "real" question is a question asked with intent to deepen one's pool of knowledge. Rhetorical questions can be entertaining, but to call them questions is like sticking a candle in a Little Debbie and calling it a birthday cake. A question seeks answers. A question fathers knowledge and furthers wisdom. Sure, rhetorical questions can do all that to a brief extent, but they only emphasize what a person already knows. But they're hardly a celebration of gained lore.
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Wow, you hit that squarely on the head and nailed it down. Thanks for your real answer to a difficult question.