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I've always seen and used "That's a great question!" and similar vacuous phrases when speaking as a polite way to buy some time while formulating an actual resp
by ThrowawayR2 5mo ago
I've always seen and used "That's a great question!" and similar vacuous phrases when speaking as a polite way to buy some time while formulating an actual response to the questioner.
- phito 5mo agoThat's a good question... => I didn't think about this, I don't know the answer yet. That's a great question! => I can tell you understood what I explained and used that understanding to reach the next step of reasoning just like I did.