Most of the time, you could say there's a long answer and a short answer.
The long answer may take longer than you're interested in. You know what that's like -- you get bored, your eyes glaze over and you think, I really wasn't wanting to get into all this. That means you want the short answer.
But the short may leave you frustrated, with questions the long would address. You might even think there must not be a good answer. But you never know because you insist on the short.
The short answer is the bottom line.
The long answer helps you know why -- it gives you understanding.
The short is OK as long as you understand there actually IS reasoning behind it, but that you're not going to know it -- because you don't want the long.
So don't take the short answer if you're going to write it off or attack it based on questions the long answer addresses.
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