Do you think Yahoo!Answers is detrimental to your intelligence?
400360
No, I choose what I want to answer and, though I sometimes answer a variety of questions, I mostly answer those in my field (medical).  So, I find y*a as a way to use my knowledge and experience to try and help others.  It also reinforces what I know so that I don't lose the information now that I am "retired".
1114664
oh don't believe ne of those answers.....it's because only dumb people that have nothing better to do read this things....like me and u! and everybody else on here....so we don't care about the "intellect ones".......we're here because we're bored....and want entertainment.....duh!
667442
I posted a few "friendly" questions,and got a lot of wise asss answers!It's like SOME people have nothing better to do than reply with stupid answers while whacking their "weasel",GEEEESH!!
71985
Its true. Skilled and unskilled answering is needed. Suppose a gaungue of people can paly tricks each other by asking , answering and selecting best answers. So those who are doing brainstorming jobs will not reach a level. Actually such people needed for real life solution.So its very important to scrutinze all questions and filter unnecessary questions and unnecessary answers.\nSo that genuine perfomers will get aproved.\nI too a maths and physics person, still in low ranking.Made many answers, but still least point level.\n\nThanks,\nAlex
1070627
To be quite honest, when I first started this thing I thought I needed them to compete, but lately I have seriously taken an interest in some of the questions and I realized I do not need that many points. Do you notice how some people answer questions like they don't even care. I think everyone should take the time and be more sensitive to alot of the smarter questions.
854822
Yes. The intelligence level and sensibility/understandability of the questions and replies drops like a rock!.
685555
No, I've answered many intelligent questions, and/or many questions intelligently.\n\nMostly I answer stupid ones like yours for points.
286636
Do you think a person that wasn't stupid, would post this question?
706361
no--I am too.  Even when I ask them not to answer if they don't have time to read the entire thing.  It is clear they haven't as they answer immediately without enough time to have read it and the answer shows they just read a little.\n\n I hate it as I am very wordy and spent over an hour a lot on many answers. ..even two hours before.  By the time it is posted everyone is gone and noone reads it (once in a while the poster does)..  I always read all the answers and questions (except in abour 1 or 2% when they post an extremely long paste and copy..but if they write it, I read it.
88192
It's better to give a dumb answer to a stupid question than to give a stupid answer to a good question. BTW, is this a stupid or a good one?
817840
judging by the questions & answers on here (expand their intellectual powers) NO\nHAHAHAHAH  THAT QUESTION WAS A JOKE yes????
701247
Well...I am one of those people that can and will criticize a person or the question they ask. Also too, I can answer a question intelligently as well. I use to think that there was no dumb questions, except for the one not asked, but after seeing some of the questions on here I do have to take that back. I have seen a lot of very good questions on here though with very good answers...but on the same token I have seen bad questions that someone shouldn't answer it with a good answer. Then there are the plain down out right jerks that would criticize anything that comes along. You can look at my profile to see what answers I gave to some of the questions...and maybe you'll laugh at them too...one of the questions a person asked was about joining the kkk or a Nazi group...you'll have to read the answer for yourself. I know that there are cruel people out there...and you have to decide what is good and what is not...take what will be helpful and let the rest go ;).
540024
Judging by the spelling and the bigotry I see on yahoo answers, I would say that most of the people who post on here have an IQ way below 100.
102821
Yes i believe so. I have found that in posting certain controversial, debatable issues, the majority of the responses I have received have been either opinions in the form of absolute truth with no backup or 'witty' one-liners aimed at one-upping me in an attempt to make me look stupid. Pretty disappointing.
52155
I think it is a little, yes! And I have even suggested before that all of us should try to answer questions from non-English speakers. Provided we know their language and the correct answer, of course. It would even help English speakers to learn other languages, should they wish to. \nBesides, wouldn't it make "Yahoo! Answers" really universal? What are you waiting for Answers team?? I suggest you start by making  a "Language" option available!
184674
Did it ever occur to you that they may not have the actual answer ......or they simply do not understand the question. \n\nI was always told at a very early age that if you need  answers to a very important question...you go to people you trust or licensed professionals that are paid to answer questions.\n\nI would not take any of these responses on 'Yahoo Answers' to heart. I mearly regard them as suggestions or helpful hints........And that is all.
680983
I think it's a great idea, although I honestly believe that those with the senseless blather would find the other half and continue their nonsense. Some people have too much time on their hands and use that extra time for nonsensical things like those questions instead of actually trying to help those who have legitimate questions here!\n\nPerhaps Yahoo should keep track somehow of the actual authentic questions and answers given and once a person reaches a specified amount, then they could be given access to a "special" section that is reserved for authentic Questions and Answers that those who misuse it would be restricted from.