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… with different correct answers depending on the person asking.

It would be great if Wikipedia, Ask, etc… had various correct answers for every perspective and level. For the quick visual web-world one set of answers would be reduced to three street light levels; green-easy, yellow-medium, red-hard. For the in depth debating web-world the answers would be expanded to a massive matrix of correct answers; each row for a perspective type (logical, scientific, religious, etc…) and the columns starting at 0 (easiest), 1, 2, ….,a really high number (the highest being the limit reached so far). Each answer is correct and accurate for that specific zone of assumptions.

I am not saying that every answer is correct, for every question has mostly incorrect answers, but that the correct answer provided is different for toddlers than parents. The following answers are more to emphasize the framework of answering than actually doing so. I provide links to smarter sites in each section.

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Why is the sky blue? Streetlight Answers

Green Light

The sky is blue because it looks blue during the daytime. That should be the correct answer for Elmo.

Yellow Light

The sun emits light down through the sky… refraction… we see blue. (Wikipedia Answer) A good common sense level everyone can work with.

Red Light

The color blue names the relationship between the sun and you. The sun emits light.. refraction.. frequencies hit your eye… signals to the brain… your mind creates. For people with too much time on their hands… like Alan Watts.

 

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Why is the sky blue? Detailed Grid Answers

The upper left box for the question, the first column to define the answer perspective (assumptions listed in the perspective definition), and the numbered columns to correspond with the difficulty of the correct answer provided.

Why is the Sky Blue Answer Grid

Why is the sky blue?	1	2	3	4	...
Scientific Proven	Answer SP1	Answer SP2	Answer SP3	Answer SP4	...
Scientific Theoretical	Answer ST1	Answer ST2	Answer ST3	Answer ST4	...
Public School	Answer PS1	Answer PS2	Answer PS3	Answer PS4	...
...	...	...	...	...	...

Scientific Proven (SP1, SP2, …)For answers that can be proven through scientific experiment with the current level of technology.Scientific Theoretical (ST14, ST15, …)Fortheoretical sciences to really explain and have fun with the “why” part of the question. Use evolution, a random disease, genetic mutation, group delusion, etc…Public School (PS1, PS2, PS3, …)For government approved standard school answers. A correct answer provided by the curriculum from kindergarten on up.

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New discussions could focus on each grid level answer. Or discuss the flow of increasing complexity for a given row. And it offers each person some insight on their current zone of thought. You could locate the answer you truly agree with and check out the answers nearby. Or go to far away answers and compare ideas. For myself I would know that the sky is blue because it appears blue during the daytime, and that puts me with Elmo.

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