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4This sonds very similar to the situation in this question: academia.stackexchange.com/questions/63915/…– Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩Commented Jan 15, 2022 at 8:09
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2Perhaps helpful: academia.stackexchange.com/questions/83628/…– Ethan BolkerCommented Jan 15, 2022 at 18:52
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12While there are no stupid questions, there are stupid people...– PatrickTCommented Jan 16, 2022 at 10:10
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5@PatrickT - yes and no: there are stupid people, and there also are stupid questions. I don't know why everyone repeats this as if it was one of the ten commandments, unless it is simply used as a shorthand to encourage people to ask non-stupid questions, but I'm sure everybody has actually had experience with getting (or even asking), yes, a stupid question.– davidbakCommented Jan 16, 2022 at 19:54
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3@davidbak I guess the idea is that everyone at some point is allowed to ask a stupid question: typically as a result of misunderstanding something that is otherwise basic, so yes the adage "there are no stupid questions" is intended to encourage tolerance for the occasional slip-up; also, you can often reinterpret stupid questions to make them smart. But if someone keeps asking stupid questions, that's evidence stacking up against them!– PatrickTCommented Jan 16, 2022 at 21:19
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