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Your question can’t be answered by a simple search because to answer it properly requires specialist subject-matter expertise that you lack. Your question can’t be answered by a simple search because even though it requires little expertise to answer, it does require extensive research and synthesis of multiple sources. Your question could have been answered by a simple search but you don’t have the expertise to verify that the answer is correct; an upvoted Quora answer written by an expert in the field is more credible than the first Google hit, even if they both say the same thing. Your question could be answered with a simple search, but you’re not time-sensitive and you’d rather have some other Quora user (like me) do the work for you. Answer by Ani Ravi, User #224
