“If you don't ask the right question, every answer seems wrong”
Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist
“The way a question is asked limits and disposes the ways in which any answer to it—right or wrong—may be given.”
Source: Philosophy in a New Key (1942), Ch. 1, p. 1
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Freeman Dyson book Infinite in All Directions
Source: Infinite in All Directions (1988), Ch. 2 : Butterflies and Superstrings, p. 17
Context: Euclid... gave his famous definition of a point: "A point is that which has no parts, or which has no magnitude." …A point has no existence by itself. It exists only as a part of the pattern of relationships which constitute the geometry of Euclid. This is what one means when one says that a point is a mathematical abstraction. The question, What is a point? has no satisfactory answer. Euclid's definition certainly does not answer it. The right way to ask the question is: How does the concept of a point fit into the logical structure of Euclid's geometry?... It cannot be answered by a definition.
Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
As quoted in: Ṭhānissaro (Bhikkhu.) (2004) Handful of leaves. Vol. 3, p. 80
John Tukey (1915–2000) American mathematician
The future of data analysis. Annals of Mathematical Statistics 33 (1), (1962), page 13.
Variant: "An approximate answer to the right question is worth a great deal more than a precise answer to the wrong question." "as the renowned statistician John Tukey once reportedly said," according to Super Freakonomics page 224.
“If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.”
John Major (1943) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Attributed to Major by Vernon Bogdanor, " Why the Lords doesn't need more politicians http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/02/11/do1104.xml", Sunday Telegraph, 11 February 2007 <br class="br">Attributed
“If eval() is the answer, you're almost certainly asking the wrong question.”
Rasmus Lerdorf (1968) Danish programmer and creator of PHP
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Maria Rosa Antognazza (1964–2023) professor, author
On the question "When and what was responsible for you becoming interested in your academic discipline?" http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/governance/equality/meettheprofessors/artshums/mantognazza.aspx, at kcl.ac.uk, 2015.
“The answers are easy. Asking the right questions is hard.”
Steve Blank (1953) American businessman
Source: The Startup Owner’s Manual (2012), p. 91.