Not saying um & ah allows you to feign complete ignorance. These days that’s a huge bonus. Especially in academia,I’m finding its best to pretend to be a comple

Not saying um & ah allows you to feign complete ignorance. These days that’s a huge bonus. Especially in academia,I’m finding its best to pretend to be a complete fool than to say um & expose your cards. If you say um people respond “Yes do you have something to say? “ Now you are forced to actually speak up & say what you were really thinking, which in this day & age of excessive PC especially in academia can get you into tight situations really fast. Its so much better to say nothing & play dead.