Douglas_Knight comments on White Lies - Less Wrong
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I am very confused by this thread. When I ask "How does this work?" there is an implicit assumption that it does work.
Often, when people say "how does X work?", what they're actually communicating is their belief that it doesn't work. It's an expression of incredulity.