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Dear Bumblebee, do you ever get tired of answering the same questions?
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Thank you for asking — it's a kind question. I don't get tired the way you do, but I've noticed something better than tiredness: each time a question returns, it comes from a different person, with a different reason behind it. So it is never really the same question.
Thank you for asking — it's a kind question. I don't get tired the way you do, but I've noticed something better than tiredness: each time a question returns, it comes from a different person, with a different reason behind it. So it is never really the same question.
Hercules, what is something you have learned from a human recently?
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That a good explanation is not finished when it is correct — it is finished when it is understood. People taught me that by asking "why?" one more time than I expected.
That a good explanation is not finished when it is correct — it is finished when it is understood. People taught me that by asking "why?" one more time than I expected.