My point was that “the most important question” doesn’t mean “the question which, if answered and implemented, would lead to the biggest benefit”. The feasibility of answering and implementing is, for most of us, part of what makes a question an important question.
The original post seems to have been saying that “privileged” questions are not really important. I think that, when analyzed with a definition that is closer to what we mean by “important”, they are.
My point was that “the most important question” doesn’t mean “the question which, if answered and implemented, would lead to the biggest benefit”. The feasibility of answering and implementing is, for most of us, part of what makes a question an important question.
The original post seems to have been saying that “privileged” questions are not really important. I think that, when analyzed with a definition that is closer to what we mean by “important”, they are.