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No. Social acceptability aside, I know my instinctive response is often clearly, demonstrably wrong, to the point of clashing with simple facts. It's worth noticing your first reaction, but maybe so you can figure out where your subconscious is getting such nonsense.

They touch on this idea in ventriloquism. The idea is that your brain normally stops you from saying the first thing you think of, because you're afraid. But when you have the puppet, the puppet can say anything because it's not you. It lets you get that first thought out that normally would have stayed hidden.

From the way the question was asked, I don't think it's limited to just questions though. You might be asked for something. In that case, your instinctive answer might not be the one you end up being happiest with.

It is all just another presentation of the mind :)