Does the famous 'Breakfast question' have merit? Debate ZigZag99, Pork and Beans, etc.

[FatalTater]

The only proper response to "How would you feel if..." in the middle of a discussion is, "Feelings are irrelevant, the facts stand as they are."

Anything else is a redirect.

 

[Dago Lain]

BILL CHALITO DESTROYS BACON N EGGS WITH FACTS AND LOGIC

 

[Twix Eatr]

It can help. I think a truly smart person might fail this question if they think it's not a serious test and might say something like "dunno, I just ate" despite being very able to answer an hypothetical, but a dumb person just can't answer for real and they will truly and sincerely say "...but I ate breakfast this morning" because their minds can't elabore further.

Yes, the point is that only a retarded person will insist the asker is stupid because they did eat breakfast that morning. It's similar to people interjecting an exception to someone's generalization made in furtherance of their point as if a lone exception counters it. The level of abstraction required to tune out the irrelevant granular details is simply not there.

 

[Froggy Fresh Sextape]

Ironically, because of the memeification of it, everyone knows the answer. You can ask them and always get the proper response because it's common knowledge. The person will never show that their IQ is room temperature because it's been memed to death.

I've literally never heard of the breakfast question before this post.

So asking it would just reveal you're a terminally online retard and not worth any further conversation.

 

[AMHOLIO]

So asking it would just reveal you're a terminally online retard and not worth any further conversation.

You know, I know it, so I'm grouping myself in with this and I think it's accurate.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

Yes, the point is that only a retarded person will insist the asker is stupid because they did eat breakfast that morning. It's similar to people interjecting an exception to someone's generalization made in furtherance of their point as if a lone exception counters it. The level of abstraction required to tune out the irrelevant granular details is simply not there.

Yep, it's not the answer itself, but how they use it. I can tell a woman something like "numbers say women tend to like pink" and at least one will simply say "really? But I don't like it" just as an anecdotal input, while another one will insist that, because she doesn't like pink, the numbers are wrong. This type of believe is the core of leftist thinking, that how just one out of 100 is enough to disprove a pattern.

A smart person can say "but I did eat breakfast" and the answer correctly if insisted on a more proper answer : "I guess I'd be hungry" or "I'd feel mad". The dumb person won't be able to give that answer no matter how much you insist.