That’s a good way of looking at it, I like the way of thinking of it as “do I want the answer” and the distinction you’re making between honest and dishonest rather than stupid or not!
ELI5 is nice, I use that for work at times! I also like the positive way of looking at hearing new things for the first time. I guess insecurities behind asking stupid questions comes more from the point of view of being judged by people who are ignorant themselves.
That’s actual a nice way to look at it! Didn’t think to apply the old every rule has ask exception but that feel really obvious in this situation as well.
Jag såg den här frågan på sweddit idag: How cashless is Sweden?. Och det fick mig att börja fundera, har ni någonsin stött på problem på grund av butiker (eller annat) som inte tar emot kontanter? Jag har inte själv stött på några problem annat än den gången jag faktiskt fick använda kontanter och inte kände igen de nya mynten så jag fick lite känslan av att vara utomlands. Jag kan ju tänka mig att det blir problem den dagen digitala system kraschar men tror inte det kommer göra att gemene man samlar en hög kontanter hemma.
Yeah this is true! In my case it became more of a “I’ll Google that for a long time and just not learn it right now” I don’t know the fear of looking stupid was just too much I guess.
I do agree, and I see the benefits of asking the question. During my education however I would much rather Google things for hours instead of asking professors, which I don’t feel is the smart thing to do as the professor could probably have answered it in mere minutes. I did not take the smart route on that one though..
If we for instance take, as an example, someone thoroughly explaining something which is clear to 99,9999% of the earths adult population don’t you think the remaining .0001% could come up with some? I get that this community is a place to allow people to ask questions they can’t or won’t ask elsewhere but I certainly feel stupid sometimes when I ask questions while attending courses etc.
So bottom line, how do you ask questions when you feel stupid?