Andrew Huberman· PhD
Filler words are not bad. Filler words are actually helpful. They do things for us. They they save the space. So if I'm not done talking and I don't want others to interrupt, I say ama. There's research in the child development literature that says when we speak to kids, before we say a new term or give a new idea, we will often preface it with a filler word. Um uh we signal what's coming next is important.