Are there “right” answers to questions with no “wrong” answers?

For that matter are there actually wrong answers to those questions? Right and Wrong are terms that we love to use. Not because they are imaginative, descriptive or exhilarating, but because they are black and white. They not only have contrast, they pretty much are the definition of contrast.  But why do we like that? Simple, humans have an innate desire to quantify things so that we can compare them. Everything needs to be observed, weighed, and stuffed in its little spot in our brains. It’s how we look at the world.  We all have that little bit of Darwin in us as we look out over the Galapagos. We love right and wrong because it gives us great places to put our actions, art, thoughts, and dreams into.

With that in mind, in the situation of a question of no “wrong” answer, does that make everything right? Our perfect world of black and white just turned white when we removed all the black. But how can every answer be right? If you aren’t right, you are wrong; if you are right, then you aren’t wrong. So what happens when we remove one of those classifications? Can the answer to the ultimate question in the galaxy really be 42?

No. The answer is not 42 and no we cannot remove all the black. Wrong answers will always exist. The answer to morality will never be cheeseburger, that’s just incorrect.

Well, if we can’t remove the black, can we remove the white? While as pessimistic as that sounds, it’s possible. There are questions that have no right answer, and for a lot of different reasons. We can be dealing with subjective variables, addressing issues in a particular context, or dealing with subjects that surpass human comprehension. Those possibly have no “right” answer. At times we may not have the “right” answer, but the “best” answer.

Is “BEST” right or wrong? Black or white? Why isn’t it fitting into the square or rectangle holes?

Simple, because it’s a star! “Best” is not black or white, its black AND white; its grey. Do you know why grey has two spellings? No matter how you spell gray, it’s wrong; but it’s also right. Then somehow it becomes wrong again. It lives in the grey area. It lives in the very same world that we do. Not one that has black or white, but one dominated by gray. Our questions are grey, and so are the solutions. How can that be? Simply it comes down to the fact that no matter how much we may want the world to be black and white, it isn’t. There are far too many variables to explain things. Other people experience just too many perspectives to appreciate and intentions to consider. There are so very few obsoletes that we are left with the grey blob that we like to consider morality. Morality is a horrible term. It means so many different things to different people, that there is no one definition. How can we possibly use morality to define and justify our actions when we can’t even explain it? If you were asked a question of is “654-524=?” an inappropriate answer would be “654-524=X”. But would “654-524=X” be wrong, or just grey?

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2 Responses to Are there “right” answers to questions with no “wrong” answers?

  1. lgallar1 says:

    WOW! I love this so much! It is so creative, I love your language,”…cheeseburger, that’s just incorrect.” You made something complicated, I personally think, into something fun and interesting to read. Thank you for not making your post boring and fun to read. I as well enjoyed the video, nice touch.

  2. anapuri11 says:

    Interesting take asumarine, I agree with most of your arguments that “morality” is both a mixture of black and white. I recently heard the argument that we utilize binaries as a culture because those are easiest to: 1. Understand when young, and 2. Explain new ideas to the young. But, as we grow older and our ability to understand more complexities grows, we should expand past the binary. Primary example being night, and day. When you’re young you understand that when it is dark out, it is nighttime, and vice versa. But, as Stephanie Meyer and her hit book turned movie series, and (if you watch Parks and Rec) Kelly and his daughter, have shown us: there is a lot more than just night and day. There’s: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn to get us through the darkness and into the light.

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