"There are no such things as dumb questions." We have heard that saying used by professors, interviewers and employees for most of our lives. I used to tell production assistants during their orientation that what's worse than a dumb question is not asking and then getting it wrong. I remember a producer once asked during a show meeting , "why does a switch hitter bat right-handed against a left-handed pitcher ?" On the surface, a pretty dumb question because the answer is obvious. After some laughter and good nature d ribbing, we moved on. A few minutes later, an intrepid researcher came back with statistics showing the list of left handed hitters who had great success against left-handed pitchers. It was at this point, that one of our analysts described how a switch hitting teammate once batted lefty against a southpaw and got three hits that day. I remember the producer screaming at him for not bringing this up earlier while he was getting abused for his dumb question. The bottom line is that it led to a very interesting segment of the show that was done because someone asked a dumb question.
It is human nature to be curious. What is not obvious to one person may be crystal clear to others. That doesn't make the question dump to the person asking the question.
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