L2.15
Ambiguity and Clarifying Follow-ups
Cards in this group · 5
- L2.15.1Assuming one reading and running with it is faster, and it also enlarges the cost of being wrong
- L2.15.2A follow-up is worth asking only when the ambiguity would lead to clearly different outcomes
- L2.15.3Too many follow-ups turn the exchange into a questionnaire and cancel the efficiency natural language was for
- L2.15.4Leading with a result and stating the assumption is a third path between asking and running
- L2.15.5Weigh the cost of clarifying against the cost of undo; if undo is cheap, do not ask