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M. Rumpy
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I was expecting that Medical Sciences.SE is isto be a site for people at all levels to ask on topic questions, including laypeople and students, and where they can expect that a willing expert is trying to provide an answer on their respective level; exacty how it is standard on most other SE sites.

However I received the following comment below my questions:

[...] This is Medical Sciences.SE. It's a technical, scientific site and doesn't really offer answers at a layperson level. [...]

This surprised me.

Question: Is this comment accurate and is Medical Sciences.SE solely made for experts asking experts and exchanging answers on a technical level?

I am aware of other sites on the StackExchange network which operate on expert level only (such as MathOverflow), but these sites usually have their layperson equivalent (Math.SE in this case). I am not aware that this is the case with Medical Sciences.SE.

Please note: I explicitly do not want to discuss the questions itself, which I am aware was asked in an unfortunate first person and lacksappears to lack research. I wonder however how it can be read as asking for PMA (which was the close reason).

I was expecting that Medical Sciences.SE is is a site for people at all levels to ask on topic questions, including laypeople and students, and where they can expect that a willing expert is trying to provide an answer on their respective level; exacty how it is standard on most other SE sites.

However I received the following comment below my questions:

[...] This is Medical Sciences.SE. It's a technical, scientific site and doesn't really offer answers at a layperson level. [...]

This surprised me.

Question: Is this comment accurate and is Medical Sciences.SE solely made for experts asking experts and exchanging answers on a technical level?

I am aware of other sites on the StackExchange network which operate on expert level only (such as MathOverflow), but these sites usually have their layperson equivalent (Math.SE in this case). I am not aware that this is the case with Medical Sciences.SE.

Please note: I explicitly do not want to discuss the questions itself, which I am aware was asked in an unfortunate first person and lacks research. I wonder however how it can be read as asking for PMA (which was the close reason).

I was expecting that Medical Sciences.SE to be a site for people at all levels to ask on topic questions, including laypeople and students, and where they can expect that a willing expert is trying to provide an answer on their respective level; exacty how it is standard on most other SE sites.

However I received the following comment below my questions:

[...] This is Medical Sciences.SE. It's a technical, scientific site and doesn't really offer answers at a layperson level. [...]

This surprised me.

Question: Is this comment accurate and is Medical Sciences.SE solely made for experts asking experts and exchanging answers on a technical level?

I am aware of other sites on the StackExchange network which operate on expert level only (such as MathOverflow), but these sites usually have their layperson equivalent (Math.SE in this case). I am not aware that this is the case with Medical Sciences.SE.

Please note: I explicitly do not want to discuss the questions itself, which I am aware was asked in an unfortunate first person and appears to lack research. I wonder however how it can be read as asking for PMA (which was the close reason).

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M. Rumpy
M. Rumpy
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Is this site suitable for laypeople asking questions and expecting non-technical answers?

I was expecting that Medical Sciences.SE is is a site for people at all levels to ask on topic questions, including laypeople and students, and where they can expect that a willing expert is trying to provide an answer on their respective level; exacty how it is standard on most other SE sites.

However I received the following comment below my questions:

[...] This is Medical Sciences.SE. It's a technical, scientific site and doesn't really offer answers at a layperson level. [...]

This surprised me.

Question: Is this comment accurate and is Medical Sciences.SE solely made for experts asking experts and exchanging answers on a technical level?

I am aware of other sites on the StackExchange network which operate on expert level only (such as MathOverflow), but these sites usually have their layperson equivalent (Math.SE in this case). I am not aware that this is the case with Medical Sciences.SE.

Please note: I explicitly do not want to discuss the questions itself, which I am aware was asked in an unfortunate first person and lacks research. I wonder however how it can be read as asking for PMA (which was the close reason).