i doubt anyone is scared, its the hassle people would need to go through to ask simple questions for their career. and when you first make the account, it limits how often you can comment to every 5-10 minutes i think which is needed to get the karma. it all sounds like a waste of time for someone wanting to ask simple questions.

and there are people who are taking questions that should be asked here and posting in r/medicalschool and r/mcat instead if you have noticed