How about you look at this another way. Instead of looking down upon anyone who asks a question and viewing it as a matter of whether or not they're worthy of receiving your profound knowledge, look at it in terms of what you get out of it.

By contributing an answer you get your position/suggestion exposed to peer review which in turn can provide improvements. You get "nice guy" credit for helping others learn which enhances your reputation. You get little "experience points" and so forth. Are these things worth your time? If so, then answer. If not, then don't. This is an incredibly simple issue.

Either way, I suggest you stop viewing people with questions as children who cannot decide their own path.

You should also consider the irony of your question. It has been discussed thousands of times elsewhere (and probably about 20+ times on this site). It's a Faq.

In reply to Re: Is this the right way to learn? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Is this the right way to learn? by pg

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