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On 30 Jul, 2013, at 9:13 am, James Kilty wrote:
there is never any silly question, only a learning opportunity, and pleasure in helping someone learn, especially about learning how to learn for themselves.
+1 to that. Exactly what I wanted to say.Astute readers will notice that I don't always live up to this. Something we've been missing in this discussion is any consideration of mood and emotion. It's not all a matter of principles and rules and guidelines. Sometimes I'm happy to help a questioner with a didn't- bother-to-look question who really should know better, just because I can and I happen to have some time. Sometimes I'm harsh on a questioner with a borderline question whose own circumstances I haven't considered at all. Consistency is a low priority, and (this is the point) it can only ever be such. We are not input-output automata (at least not on this level, and that's a different discussion entirely).
And a couple of times a year even now after <mumble> years I ask dumb- newbie-didn't-google-first-somebody-do-the-work-for-me questions myself, who knows why. I try to forgive myself. :-)
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