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Wouter van Ooijen  says:
> IMHO the most important class of dumb questions is the ones
> that can not be answered because the question is not
> complete.

Sometimes the implied question is really about what is needed to answer the
question. As a newbie, I once ask that "which processor is best" question
and did not realize until just before I hit send that this would depend on
the application more than my experience. I was thinking about which chip to
start learning with and so I didn't have a specific application in mind, but
I should have specified what general sort of applications I was interested
in learning about.

About "dumb" questions:

It is important when planning any learning event (field trip, etc...) to
include someone who is willing to ask the dumb questions that the rest of
the people want to know the answers to, but are ashamed to ask. You should
also walk at the front of the group so you can avoid any items you know
nothing about.

And others at:

http://techref.massmind.org/other/failure


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