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I find in many circumstances looking it up ruins the conversation. If you quickly need a fact sure, but it you're discussing something more as an intellectual e
by version_five 5y ago
I find in many circumstances looking it up ruins the conversation. If you quickly need a fact sure, but it you're discussing something more as an intellectual exercise, either in memory or reasoning, which in my experience is way more often, its ruined when someone pulls up wikipedia and reads out the "answer".
- Broken_Hippo 5y agoThat's just your cohort. We might discuss the answer, but we tend to look it up and then talks about that result. Which is fine with me: I'd rather not have someone's skillfully crafted BS in my head if it isn't connected to actual truth if I can help it.
- burnished 5y agoOh, I love doing that. I think the trick to doing it pleasantly is being able to do it quickly, and being in the habit of fact-checking yourself. It can provoke a conversation about the actual state of affairs, or the difference in understanding that you had, or new questions even.