I believe Q is for “Q Clearance” which is the name Q first posted under. Q Clearance is described in this wikipedia excerpt:
“A Q Clearance (or Q-type clearance) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance that is roughly comparable to a United States Department of Defense Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Access (TS-SCI). It is the most permissive clearance granted by the United States Government, acting as the sole means of access to the vast compartmentalizations Top Secret and Secret Restricted Data, and DOE “security” areas.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_clearance
But I agree that Q uses the Socratic method. Some noted earlier that Trump uses that method as well.
A FReeper wrote a wonderful article about the Socratic method. I tried to save it. Bagster, do you remember who that was?
It mighta been ReformedLiberal. That chick is a genius. She must have a place in your cabinet.
On the other hand, my first impression of Q was that he was either Trump himself or someone speaking for Trump (after being cleared by someone in the WH with knowledge of what can and cannot be said from an intel POV). It is also possible that Q is a fraud, but I don't believe that is the case.
Not only does Q seem to be speaking with deep knowledge of the goings on inside the WH, he speaks in a style very similar to that of Trump.
Trump speaks in an elliptical fashion often leaving off words at the end of a sentence and Q speaks similarly but in a cryptic fashion...as if slightly edited by someone with intel experience.
As to the Socratic Method, Trump has always operated with that basic means of obtaining information.
As a former NYer, I have been able to watch Trump daily (he is as much a fixture of NY life as the NY Times or the Post...everyone knows Trump's style).
Speaking of the Socratic Method, Socrates said (and I paraphrase) that he was the wisest man in Greece in his time not because he was smart but because he knew the depth of his ignorance.
Most clever business people use that method of operating. It takes a certain amount of confidence to ask questions as though you know nothing. But such a technique not only gets to the bottom line, but it also disarms the person who you are questioning (Colombo, the detective, used this technique brilliantly).
Furthermore, such a technique reveals the competence or lack thereof of the person you are questioning.
I think this is one of the reasons Trump is such a good judge of profession competence.
You can also see this technique reflected in comments about Trump.
"He is a very fast learner." (Starting from a position of "ignorance" would enhance that assessment.)
"He asks very good questions."
This might also be the reason Trump is underestimated so often.
As a retired businessman, I have had a habit of using this technique to get information for many years. It works quite well.
And folks often think you are ignorant until you begin to dig into the meat of a subject.
I read that comment and it was indeed wonderful. I think the author was Freeper ReformedLiberal.