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Decius comments on How to signal curiosity? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Decius 12 January 2013 01:56:29AM 1 point [-]

How do you recognize when your question will be interpreted as rhetorical? ibid.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 12 January 2013 02:53:36AM 4 points [-]

Experience? My main heuristic is something like "if I imagine someone saying this, do they have a smug look on their face?"

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