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In case you (or others) weren't aware, this is a relatively common way to study and has a name, the Socratic method: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method

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Oh thanks! I actually never considered this a direct application. I suspect I can shorten my prompt considerably.

But, I'm not convinced about "common". I've had several highly educated people, from top tier universities, outright offended that I would guess about anything, rather than go straight to the literature. But, they were also no fun.

I have encountered people that claim to use Socratic and/or Zeteticism as alternatives to scientific method to explain why ghosts are real or the Earth is flat.

So it's possible you mentioning it got their haunches up

Professors in law school love to use the Socratic method. Most classes are centered around the professor asking students about cases from the reading. The student describes the case and answers follow-up questions about it from the professor.

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