Why not just give the answers you want to give if they are free form questions? Mark's point is that the person who is talking is not learning anything. If dis

Why not just give the answers you want to give if they are free form questions? Mark's point is that the person who is talking is not learning anything. If discovering more about the other party's needs, constraints, and objectives is your goal then you have to ask questions (and listen (patiently)), not answer them.