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Robin comments on Questioning and Respect - Less Wrong Discussion

20 Post author: jkaufman 10 June 2014 10:52AM

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Comment author: Robin 11 June 2014 04:37:36AM 1 point [-]

What makes facts surprising and is it the same for you and your conversation partner? If they take your question as an insult, you probably have different knowledge of the field in question (they could be completely wrong, or you could be ignorant of something that is well known to some).

I think it's a better idea to explain why you're surprised.