# Asking Questions Shows You Are Strict About Having A Crisp Mental Model Asking lots of "dumb" questions isn't a sign of stupidity. If anything it is more likely to be the sign of a person who is very strict about always keeping a crystal clear mental model of the topic at hand -- the questions are just a symptom of their perpetual model refinement process. Mildly correlates with intelligence, and highly correlates with competence. --- Date: 20250130 Links to: Tags: References: * [x.com](https://x.com/fchollet/status/1858186932041269604)