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    1 day ago

    No. Self-references are interesting from a philosophical standpoint, and are often the cause of apparent paradoxes in logic.

    “Is this a stupid question?” is an example of self-reference and can thus lead into exploration of the topic if only as a way to avoid any difficulties its apparent lack of information otherwise presents.

    … which is what I’m doing in this comment.