I have to question the premise of this question. I’m not sure that what is written here truly qualifies as “answers” for the most part. Well, I guess I shouldn’t speak for others, but speaking for myself, most of what I write is more of a riff on the question. I don’t know the answer, if there even is one. I like offering opinions just because I like to hear myself think. In fact the questions do make me think about interesting things and I just sort of work my way through the issue to find out what I think. Once I figure out what I think, it’s there for others to read.
Perhaps there are a lot of people who like to find out what they think. But mostly I think it’s about meeting other people. There are a lot of thinkers and perhaps thinkers like to talk to other thinkers.
The mods help keep out the stupid folks. If you can’t spell or express yourself clearly, you can’t post here. So that keeps the quality up. Lots of nice conversations, and often you learn stuff you didn’t know.
Well, there you have it! My little maundering around the question, arriving at nowhere in particular. But that’s like life, isn’t it?