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451. Can I Ask You a Ridiculously Personal Question?

Freakonomics Radio

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How Much More Will You Ask a Sensitive Question?

Most people think asking a sensitive question will upset the person being asked and that it will make that person have a worse impression of the asker. People are generally less offended and care less about being asked a sensitive question than we think they would be as an asker. In other words, according to this study by hart schweitzer and van eps, our reluctance to ask sensitive questions is just wrong or at least wildly misplaced....

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