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And, in a more philosophical vein, I would submit to you that the some total of accurate knowledge which a person possesses is of far less import than the process by which that person came by said knowledge. When discussing things online, this becomes even more important because the 'data' is at everyone's fingertips. What every community needs are 'nodes' of reason, perspective, and vision which can contribute to said community's understanding and collective perspective. If someone gets the raw data wrong but applies good process to it, everyone benefits. I mean this quite seriously: knowledge stored in a person's brain, in this day and age, is overrated. Thought process rules in the internet-driven world.
So, as someone who far too frequently forgets the entire reason he drove to town, allow me to suggest that so long as what you do when you're there is good then it really doesn't matter why you took the drive*. We, as a community, benefit more from observing facets of your process than we do by supposing that your data is flawless. And I suspect the same is true of everyone else in your immediate circle :)
* - Obviously, this could become problematic if, say, you really love Twinkies but every time you go to buy soap you end up forgetting why you went to the grocery store, so you just default to buying a box of Twinkies...well, actually, I suppose that's not all bad. Especially if you've got kids/grandkids running around - they'll think you got them just for them. Never mind ;)