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I can't speak for OP but I would say asking somewhat obvious questions and making peoples' mental gears go through the effort of thinking things through has bee
by tdfx 11y ago
I can't speak for OP but I would say asking somewhat obvious questions and making peoples' mental gears go through the effort of thinking things through has been beneficial for me. There is a guy on our team, possibly the smartest one, who constantly asks what could initially be construed as "dumb questions", only to later uncover some flaw in our reasoning or potential pitfall we hadn't thought of. I've come to deeply appreciate his dumb questions.
- csense 11y agoIt's the same principle as rubber duck debugging: It's harder to take shortcuts in your reasoning when you're trying to explain something.
- simoncion 11y agoRight, but examining the fundamental assumptions of a plan is -subtly- different than asking a question (whose answer you already know) because you expect that other people want the answer to the question but are too intimidated or whatever to ask. :)