&gt; I would love to know the psychology behind this phenomenon.<p>Laziness. It&#x27;s usually faster to ask someone a question than to look up the answer. I used to do this on IRC when learning a new programming language and it saved me a lot of time. If you want an even faster answer, you guess the wrong answer and wait for someone to correct you (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;meta.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cunningham%27s_Law" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;meta.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cunningham%27s_Law</a>).