You don't say this is. You say "this may be" a stupid question.
The point is not that anyone with the same question should feel stupid; it's that I don't care if anyone thinks I am.
Re:Willingness to look stupid
by crispyambulance on Friday October 22, 2021 @09:01AM
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Depending on who is asking, the intention behind such framing is different. For someone in a leadership position, the point is to open up dialog and make folks comfortable enough to ask questions without them feeling they're at risk of humiliation or judgement. For others it may be to signal politeness and deference to the speaker.
Whatever the case, there are more effective, more genuine phrasings to use than to literally invoke "stupidity".
Re:Willingness to look stupid
by cutemonster on Friday October 22, 2021 @05:29PM
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> more effective, more genuine phrasings
Examples please?
I was thinking about:
"I'd like to ask some things that might be obvious to many of you: ..."
It's better to just kick things off with naive questions or even use a bit of humor to disarm people, so they don't feel like they have to be "advanced" all the time.