[GCUMstlyHarmls]

> It helps if you phrase the question openly, not obviously fishing for a yes-or-no answer. Or, if you have to ask for a yes-or-no question, make it sound like you're obviously expecting the answer that's actually less likely,

I do this all the time and hate that I have to do it, with the additional "do not yes-man me, be critical."

[MadxX79]

Great, now I have two answers and still no clue which one is the right one.

[nxpnsv]

Now get a third opinion, and marvel at all the thinking that you have accomplished

[MadxX79]

In my experience the last answer it gives is usually the right one

[nxpnsv]

Ah, so the trick is to figure out which one will be the last answer. The halting problem....

[paulhebert]

It’s always the last place you look

[signatoremo]

Any difference that asking two humans?

[MadxX79]

Yeah, enormously. People will hedge depending on how sure they are about something. They might also have credentials in whatever you ask them, if you get legal advice from a lawyer, that can be judged to be more reliable than from a lay person.

Relationships with real people are pretty cool actually. If you talk to people that you have a longer relationship with, you might also be able to judge their areas of expertise and how prone to bullshitting they are.