Instead of scoffing at the idea of it, why not ask questions to better understand _why_ they feel that way? Why is it that your knee-jerk reaction here is jus

Instead of scoffing at the idea of it, why not ask questions to better understand _why_ they feel that way? Why is it that your knee-jerk reaction here is just to discount their opinion entirely in place of your own (likely entirely un-informed) opinion about it?