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It is a different story if they asked in good faith, but they clearly started their initial comment as a derisive declaration of something being useless, so it
by cercatrova 4y ago
It is a different story if they asked in good faith, but they clearly started their initial comment as a derisive declaration of something being useless, so it sounded to me that they had no real intention of actually learning.
- eyelidlessness 4y agoYou may want to follow the thread where we continue to discuss it in good faith. I think they’re sincerely inquisitive, and sincere (and impressively candid!) in expressing their understanding gap. I think the various “assume best intent” rules and adages would benefit greatly from a huge “assume limited familiarity when dismissiveness seems out of place” addendum. At least for technical topics where the stakes are “whoops we actually just disagree on the merits”.