Wrong answer to everything...
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Rydrum2112
Methodologist
Well
1. it's fun to see people try and justify why they picked the wrong response.
2. the "wrong" answers are from view points are more entertaining because they are not as common.
1. it's fun to see people try and justify why they picked the wrong response.
2. the "wrong" answers are from view points are more entertaining because they are not as common.
Emyunoxious
My penis is massive
I don't think it is.
Or maybe it's because we all, deep down, want to break the universe.
I know that I definitely want to.
Not very deep down.
I'm basically talking about it right now.
Or maybe it's because we all, deep down, want to break the universe.
I know that I definitely want to.
Not very deep down.
I'm basically talking about it right now.
I think there's an element of surprise to it. We are so used to hearing 1+1=2 (I'm taking your example) that we don't even react to it anymore. Hearing 1+1=3 is unexpected, therefore it makes us react in a new way. As for what makes it entertaining in particular, I reckon there are two possibilities. Either it's because the answer you give is obviously false but still plausible, or it's so much out of the blue that you laugh at its absurdity.
Because common is boring. Correct answers are routine. Wrong answers are just kinda chaotic which brings a new element to a situation. That's what makes them entertaining. You can't be serious all the time. You need a break every once in awhile. That's why there are wrong answers. To break the norm. That and because some people just don't know nothing. 
That's an interesting thought. But I think that to find ordinary things entertaining, one has to look hard to find the unordinary in them. Which means that ordinary things aren't as entertaining as the unordinary, because they have less indifference.
To be honest I never thought that hearing the wrong answer to things was that intresting, honestly if anything I feel annoyed when I hear the wrong answer spouted out, and when I hear someone say 1+1 is 3 I just think back to days of being a very little kid...the only time it actually seemed entertaining or funny.
I am a little confused about this thread. There doesnt seem to be any debatable substance to this issue and I thought thats what this area was for. This doesnt seem like a debate more or less a thread seeking opinions about another persons opinion.
I am a little confused about this thread. There doesnt seem to be any debatable substance to this issue and I thought thats what this area was for. This doesnt seem like a debate more or less a thread seeking opinions about another persons opinion.
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Haha...I just find ordinary things enjoyable. Nothing special about it at all. Sometimes people don't see ordinary things as interesting. Sometimes people miss out on it entirely. Then there's people who are able to enjoy even the most basic things.
You're thinking too hard about it! I don't know if I could enjoy something that required so much analysis just to find it enjoyable. Sometimes I like to let the intellect take a rest; this lets me look around the world unfettered by the human affliction of over-analyzing everything. I find that this is one of the easiest ways to enjoy even the simple things in life.
It's quite liberating.
Fine, so I'll give something more debatable...
What got me started on this thread was thinking about conspiracy theories, and how interesting they are. I wondered why that was. I thought about how most conspiracy theories probably weren't true, yet people would probably rather believe them anyway. This is step 2 of my argument.
It got me thinking: "Why do we believe conspiracy theories?"
I tried to think of a simple answer to it. Then I thought that "1 + 1 = 3 because..." is more interesting than "1 + 1 = 2", step 1. So I used this as the basis.
There might be more steps, but I don't think I'll go that far just yet.
bearsfwd
Delusory Dragoon
I think people believe in conspiracy theories for many reasons (personal experiences, research, historical evidence, etc). And someone believing in or not believing in conspiracy theories is just like one having certain political views. There are people who feel the way they do about political issues because they have experiences surrounding said issues. But we also have people who hold views simply because of the person they like (when voting for President or whatever) or the political party they chose.
But, before I would even begin to say most conspiracy theories aren't true, I'd have to see what the conspiracy theories in question are. The theories that people tend to believe are the ones that are most believable. But even then, there are probably some that I find believable that the next person doesn't.
I'm not what I would consider a skeptical person, but I won't just believe every little theory that comes along. I try to, and hope that in the end I've thought logically enough about something to explain why I believe what I believe and what I don't believe.
For example, I believe that aliens are real. My reasoning is that the universe is so massive, so who knows for sure what else is out there. We are in one small "corner" of the universe, and compounded on to that, as far as I, an ordinary citizen know, we can't even send people to Mars yet (who knows what the government is secretly working on...they may be very close to having a way to get people to Mars). On the flip-side, I really don't understand why there are people who are so quick to dismiss aliens as being real (not talking about the government though, lol) and that we are the only life in the universe, but if you don't believe they are real, I respect that. (***Disclaimer***: I am not trying to start a debate over their existence, I was simply using it as an example for the purpose of this thread's topic)
I can't think of anything that I'm pretty skeptical of at the moment. There are things, they are just escaping me at the moment.
Well I'm not going to tackle conspiracy theories here because it's a different kettle of fish, and also I'm lazy and don't want to. So you're arguing that incorrect answers, are more interesting and exciting than correct answers due to their irregular nature? Personally I don't think so, you can choose an arbitrary example to prove either opinion, that correct or incorrect answers are better, personally I think it depends on the example itself and you can't generalise which is more interesting