I'm curious what kinds of questions people bring you. The first thing that came to my mind was "what is the maximum number of regions defined by N lines in the plane?"To create more awareness of the other, I often ask people I'm meeting to bring a me a question
Let's say I'm "the other." That question would help you create more awareness of my ignorance of recurrence. Now if my ignorance of recurrence is a decisive factor in whether we continue chatting, then you have some important information. People bring all kinds of questions. I meet once or twice a year with a man who long ago was my Grade 8 drama teacher and is now a mentor of sorts. He brought this question, "Why are we still friends?" Another time, I was asked these three questions. Some people have a lot of trouble coming up with questions for another person. You've been around here a long time. Do you remember this story and the ensuing conversation?