How soon do people who comment upon something here know the answer at once? For example, the valuable advice on statistics I received several times seems to be generated by pattern-recognition (at least at my level of understanding). I myself often have to spend more time framing my comments than actually recognizing what I want to express (not that I always succeed, but there's an internal mean-o-meter which says, this is it.) OTOH, much of the material I simply don't understand, not having sufficient prerequisite knowledge; the polls are aimed at the areas with which you personally interact.
I mostly know what I am going to say [pollid:1014]
The posts to which I don't have an immediate answer [pollid:1015]
Please add your comments on which topics you have to 'slow down' - anonymously, if you wish.
Edit to add: My answer undergoes changes before I submit it;
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A lot of my comments here are correcting/supplementing/answering someone else's comment. Reflecting on how I think the typical sequence goes, it might be something like
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
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