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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would want to hear a NASA engineer's opinion about space tourism.

I would ask my pediatrician friend how her practice has changed in light of the pandemic.

I might ask a lawyer what he thinks of the Jan 6 prosecutions or how Texas' abortion law might fare in the supreme court.

What do you people talk about at dinner parties? Who you go to for botox?[/quote]

Books, society, current events, art, anything personal of interest (marriages, graduations, births, etc.)  Sometimes this may involve our jobs, but generally not since we all engage with plenty of interesting things that aren't work related.  You don't need to be a NASA engineer to have an opinion on space tourism -- I would honestly be more interested in an anthropologist, economist, and psychologist's opinion on that, personally.[/quote]

Then you get the point that having discussions that draw from someone's professional expertise can be informative and fascinating.[/quote]

Yes, but that's not "asking about your job."  It's not a question of "what do you think *as an economist who probably has never written a paper or done research on this* about space tourism?"  It's just asking all your friends and family what they think about space tourism based on the diversity of their experience both in work and out of it.  Maybe an economist would respond with something resulting from their professional life, but they're just ask likely and able to join the discussion based on their extensive experience reading science fiction.  A SAHM can chime in with something she learned by helping one of her kids with a science project or reading the news.  Conversation doesn't have to be weirdly targeted at what you do to pay the bills.[/quote]

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