Do you suffer from dumbphobia?

你是否患有哑巴恐惧症?

Round Table China

2025-07-31

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Heart to Heart - please send your audio questions to roundtablepodcast@qq.com. / We love to say "no question is dumb"—but don't we secretly roll our eyes when someone asks the "obvious? " That knee-jerk impatience even has a name: dumbphobia. But what if it's not just annoyance? What if it's a bias? Let's unpack why "basic" questions trigger us… and why that says more about us than them (12:40). On the show: Heyang, Steve Hatherly & Ding Heng
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  • we love to say no question is a dumb question But deep down,

  • don't we sometimes roll our eyes when someone slows down the conversation with a basic ask?

  • This sentiment is captured by the popular internet slang called dumb phobia or yan chunzheng in Chinese.

  • But what if our impatience isn't just mood, it's bias?

  • Let's dig into why we bristle at obvious questions and whether it says more about us than them.

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