I'd like to go on record that I personally subscribe to the philosophy that the only dumb questions are the ones that are not asked. Everyone comes to a knowledge of various subjects at different rates and times and it would be silly of me to disparage someone else for their lack of knowledge in a particular subject when there are so many things about which I know so little.
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