Destroying a "MYTH"

Geez Billy, You're blowing away my whole persona. :fingerwag: STOP IT!

'Member, stupid follows me around and nudges me to ask the ****** questions.:brightidea:
 
I'm sorry guys but this is just too serious a problem to me. To hold back a question because something in your head says it's stupid is to have a defeatist attitude. You are doomed before you can get your feet wet. Back in the stone age they were there. But not today and surely not on this Forum.

"Billy G"
 
My apologies as this wasn't meant to offend anyone on this forum. My comment refers to things like some of the answers I get from the better half.
 
There usually are many "right" ways to do something. So even if you think you know the answer you may find an easier or faster method.

Like Rick said the only stupid question is the one not asked :))
 
I am a testament of "stupid questions". I work with specialists in hydraulics, electronics, networking, programming, nuclear materials, metal and polymer materials and electrical distribution. The guys always make fun of me in a nice way since I am not an engineer and I always ask a lot of questions. Despite the fact that I am just a "dumb" training manager, they come to me all the time because they know that if I don't understand, I will ask.

In 3 1/2 years of working with these guys, I have learned a lot about our systems just by asking the "stupid questions" as they were.

Paul.
 
I taught my kids the ONLY stupid questions are the ones not asked, 'cause it's stupid to not ask a question.
 
samthedog said:
I am a testament of "stupid questions". I work with specialists in hydraulics, electronics, networking, programming, nuclear materials, metal and polymer materials and electrical distribution. The guys always make fun of me in a nice way since I am not an engineer and I always ask a lot of questions. Despite the fact that I am just a "dumb" training manager, they come to me all the time because they know that if I don't understand, I will ask.

In 3 1/2 years of working with these guys, I have learned a lot about our systems just by asking the "stupid questions" as they were.

Paul.
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I can relate! During the first months at a new job I was asking our group leader so many questions that my supervisor told me during my review that "I should just accept things as they are instead of trying to change everything." The group leader was so vague in his instructions that I needed more details, more clarification, more information, just MORE - of everything - so I could do the job they hired me for (I was part of a newly formed group) and I figured if I had questions, so did the others. I wasn't trying to change anything, only to understand!
 
When a person asks a question they are asking you to teach them. The teacher always learns more than the student. When I taught electronics at a local vo-tech I learned a tremendous amount from the questions that the local high school students thought were stupid. My dad taught me to always listen to others and analyze what they say. The person you think is the most simple minded may come up with the simplest most brilliant answer to your tough dog problem. You would never have known if you had not given them the chance to speak. That is why I am so impressed with the people on this forum. You always have the time to listen and provide answers without ridicule.
 
I have to say there are answers to questions that can be the wrong answer and could cause problems for the person asking the question if people that know that the answer is wrong and don't speak up.

Dave
 
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