The consequences are "devastating" for those from the leftmost peak - they are simply repelled by the brief and inconsistent answer to his - unevitably - badly formulated question - and the subsequent lengthy and fierce discussion of a single peculiar detail of the topic.

I have yet to see what you describe happening after the one at "the leftmost peak" fully answer the questions asked in the first response(s). However, when no answers are forthcoming, then the "guessing game' start and THAT often result in a "lengthy and fierce discussion of a single peculiar detail of the topic"

If the desire to get an answer is not strong enough to answer simple questions, then caveat emptor

Erik