Comments on: Is There Always A Right Answer?

By: Oscar

Oscar — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:49:37 +0000

Wow. Neil is a scientist and we share similar views, how about that?!
I agree on the too biased and ignorant beings that we are. We walk on this earth and we probably see 1% of the world, during our lifetime, if that. We see so little of the tangible and even less of the intangible. If you ask me, it is all a huge cosmic joke.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:20:33 +0000

You and Neil share a similar point of view – to have a “right” answer we have to “comprehend” it. Again, I’m intentionally trying to stir up some debate, but the fact that we will never know all of life’s answers does not prove the nonexistence of such an answer. We’re just too biased and ignorant as humans to know how to properly discover these answers.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:17:55 +0000

Religion is good in providing us with answers to some of life’s toughest questions. Though I don’t consider myself as religious as the next guy, I do believe in a higher, unbiased entity which is capable of knowing the “right answer” at all times.

By: Oscar

Oscar — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:54:58 +0000

I will have to say No. Not everything has a “right” answer. Our curiosity demands an answer to the deep questions of life, but the deep questions, like why we are here? -are questions that do not have a “right” answer because we will never know. As human beings, we wish everything had a right answer, though.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:35:02 +0000

Man, that’s a really good question. And without wavering, I’d say a definite yes. Of course, my answer is triggered by a strong moral compass based on my faith in God and the belief that His Word is the ultimate truth…. but I think even people without faith in God are thirsting for that kind of consistency — to know that everything can be seen in black and white.

By: Neil

Neil — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:08:00 +0000

I think it would be a contradiction is terms to think that everything has an answer. There have been many instances throughout the 20th century where scientists never found the answer. In the end scientists will say it is something but we will never really fully understand it. for me as a scientist it is about understanding it, not knowing if there is an answer.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:29:55 +0000

You’re right. That’s the one exception. MCAT Verbal passages don’t have a right answer. Even the test-makers don’t know the right answer, so they put four wrong ones on the exam and randomly assign one as the “correct” answer.

By: Riya

Riya — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:18:23 +0000

You know what never has right answers? Verbal passages….