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Discussion on: When your entire knowledge gets judged because you didn't know that one random fact

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Andy Zhao (he/him)

Glad you're shedding light on a topic that is probably hard for some/most people to talk about.

On a different tangent, what's interesting to me is the converse of this; that is, people make the assumption that you know everything when you do throw a buzzword or bring up a small, but relevant point to attention. While I think this assumption usually happens out of interest and curiosity in learning about what someone else knows, it puts the person who doesn't know or only knows a little about the subject in an awkward position. It's times like that I'm glad you talked about how it's okay to ask questions even if they seem foolish. +1 to that!

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Yaphi Berhanu

Thanks! The converse can definitely get people into tricky situations, so thank you for bringing it up.