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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
Asking "do you agree with my opinion X" feels good in the moment: the other person is more likely to agree, as agreeing feels good. Asking "what do you think" without pre-supplying your take is riskier. But it's worth it, because you get more information, which is far more valuable than feeling good in the moment.
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@sui
Opinion doesn’t matter if they don’t know what they’re building and what’s their vision.
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Jeff Lau
@jefflau.eth
Also makes the other person feel like their opinion matters.
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@vercelabloh
my new fave is “what am I missing?” - forces the person to think - gives them permission to point out possible errors in your thinking - invites them to participate in the discovery journey cons: - might force them to find something negative to say just to sound clever. But this is rare.
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tldr (tim reilly)
@tldr
Socrates actually uses a third way: "Do you agree that this is *your* opinion Y?" Socrates supplies and arranges his hypothesis of the interlocutor's opinion, and tries to discover if it is consistent with itself. Those who interpret him generously call him just. Those who interpret him suspiciously call him ironic.
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@antimofm.eth
The first is the definition of a leading question
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@comma
Word
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Garrett
@garrett
discourse > affirmation
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@0xgeorge
Presuppositionalism
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@joeblau
Both of those are bad questions because they are basically the types of questions your mom would agree with you on if you asked her. The Mom Test is a great book on how to ask the right questions. Here is the pdf: https://manuelohan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/The-Mom-Test-en.pdf
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@donny
Use 1 for influencing and testing, and 2 for exactly what you said, both can have value based on your goals
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@step
The difference I see is that you can choose to challenge your ideas or not
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@sigh
Agree!
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@frengus
Wowza
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@aeh
My opinion, you’re a genius. However, now time to take it to the next level and find a girl, and have a family. Only then, once you can separate yourself from others, can you understand, and take it to the next level…the world is different with kids…you don’t only want yo do good, you feel MUST do good
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@airveee
True
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@balazsbezi.eth
How about: Walk me through your thinking process!
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@specktacular
Phrasing questions properly, is a powerful communication skill. Thank you for sharing 🤝 Another one I learned is ending presentations with: What are Your questions? (On a slide, and verbally). A lot more inviting of feedback than the standard - and a bit hostile - Any Questions..!? 🤓
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@joeyroth
in my experience the accuracy of the answer is more a function of the relationship between the person asking the question and the person being asked than how the question is asked
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@sam-ng
agree except on ct where people seem to think it makes them sound smarter to always disagree
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