中国人是如此的偏爱用"maybe"这个词。老美的tech talk，下边提问题的，没说两句就有好几个"maybe"。

很多时候，当我问“（某某模块的工作机制）是这样的么？”，我希望听到要么是"yes"，要么是"no"，要么是"部分正确"。千万不要回答我"maybe"。对于非此即彼、非黑即白的问题，对的就是对的，错的就是错的，conditional的就根据condition分别讨论。"maybe"算什么答案？

当然，对于“你爱她么”这种问题，可以回答"maybe"——这说明回答的人自己还没想清楚。那就请去想清楚再回来。

还有一些摘自email的"maybe"，似乎只是为了让自己委婉一些：

• "I think maybe it is not a good idea to blahblah"
• "Thing will get even worse if blah blah, …, maybe we need think about it seriously"
• "To track those bugs easily, maybe we’d better provide the corresponding build version when we file bugs"
• "A configuration spec should be defined. Maybe PM can push it."
• "(We have a lot to do, so) maybe we have time only to browse the code."
• "One solusion maybe: …"

为什么不能说的更确切一些、更肯定、更明确一些呢？例如：

• "I think it is not a good idea to blahblah"
• "Thing will get even worse if blah blah, …, we need think about it seriously"
• "To track those bugs easily, we’d provide the corresponding build version when we file bugs"
• "A configuration spec should be defined. PM could push it."
• "(We have a lot to do, so) we hardly have time to browse the code."
• "One solusion: …"

我真的很讨厌太多的"maybe".