Often, culture and customs inhibit people from asking questions, for fear of offending someone, or for fear of looking stupid by asking what others may think is a dumb question.

风俗文化常常阻碍人们提问，有时是怕冒犯人，有时是怕问出蠢问题让别人觉得自己很傻。

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And this is very much deliberate on our part so you just don't feel that inevitable angst when it comes to asking what you think is a dumb question and probably isn't, but you don't need to disclose your name.

这在我们的角度上来说是非常深思熟虑的,所以你们不要认为那是必然的麻烦,当问了一个你认为是愚蠢的问题,或者可能不是，但是你不必要,公开你的名字。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Boy, there's a dumb question, because I've been telling you n log n for the last two lectures the complexity is n log n, but let's see if it really is.

孩子们，这是一个愚蠢的问题，因为前两节课的时候我就已经告诉你们了,复杂度是,但是让我们来看一下是不是真的是这样。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

If you ask a dumb question there is only a dumb answer.

如果你问一个愚蠢的问题,只能得到愚蠢的答案。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Which is why I offer you the Art of the Dumb Question.

FORBES: The Art (And Wisdom) Of The Dumb Question

No question is a dumb question.

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