One of the things we should be learning -- as people in general, I believe, but definitely in STEM disciplines -- is how to ask questions and gather information in a useful, structured way.
I don't know if we're becoming lazier or more entitled or simply not learning how to ask good questions. But the types of posts that the OP is attempting to stave off -- the types of posts that are inevitable, I guess -- are symptomatic of this lack of willingness (or ability) to think things through and use reason and logic.
Maybe it is part of this culture of instant gratification. I want the answer, and I want it now! I don't want to search for it, I don't want to think, I just want someone to tell me.
Common sense, isn't.
