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ChristianKl comments on "Stupid" questions thread - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Frood 13 July 2013 04:45:57PM 14 points [-]

When I'm in the presence of people who know more than me and I want to learn more, I never know how to ask questions that will inspire useful, specific answers. They just don't occur to me. How do you ask the right questions?

Comment author: ChristianKl 15 July 2013 09:20:57AM 2 points [-]

I don't think an answer has to be specific to be useful. Often just understanding how an expert in a certain area thinks about the world can be useful even if you have no specificity.

When it comes to questions: 1) What was the greatest discovery in your field in the last 5 years? 2) Is there an insight in your field that obvious to everyone in your field but that most people in society just don't get?