# What causes people to give super fuzzy answers to precise questions? One explanation is that they’re so far from the experiments/code/equations that they’ve gotten manager-brain. Another is that making specific assertions is scary because they might be wrong? ### Related * [[There are secretly three kinds of experts]] <!-- #questions --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/What+causes+people+to+give+super+fuzzy+answers+to+precise+questions) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/What+causes+people+to+give+super+fuzzy+answers+to+precise+questions)