Some time ago there has been a post (or a comment?) arguing against the tendency of not answering the questions one poses directly. Say for example: "Can you recommend me a book about virtue ethics?" being answered mostly by "Here's why virtue ethics is wrong" (this is a fictional example, it was not in the original post).
The discussion hit me deeply because from that time on I've noticed doing the same behavior a lot, and I've tried to correct myself with mixed success.
I've come to realize that there's a symmetryc 'bias' (it's not really a cognitive bias, more like a cognitive quirk): answering questions too literally. For example:
strike to the heart of the question, not to defeat it. I plan to write it still. finding time appears to be difficult.
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