Why ask WHY???
Why are you reading this post?
- curiosity??
Ok, why were you curious about it??
- because it came to mind or you stumbled upon it?
So, why did it came to your mind or why did you stumble upon it??
Well one can go on and on and on and on if one intends to do so. We can see the layers of understanding that we can get for the questions asked or the topic we are interested in.
If one wants to reference Richard Feynman exploring this topic, feel free to check this video out.
https://youtu.be/Q1lL-hXO27Q
A small excerpt from the video below,
“Why did she slip on the ice?” Well, ice is slippery. Everybody knows that, no problem. But you ask why is ice slippery? That’s kinda curious. Ice is extremely slippery. It’s very interesting. You say, how does it work? You could either say, “I’m satisfied that you’ve answered me. Ice is slippery; that explains it,” or you could go on and say, “Why is ice slippery?” and then you’re involved with something, because there aren’t many things as slippery as ice. It’s not very hard to get greasy stuff, but that’s sort of wet and slimy. But a solid that’s so slippery? Because it is, in the case of ice, when you stand on it (they say) momentarily the pressure melts the ice a little bit so you get a sort of instantaneous water surface on which you’re slipping. Why on ice and not on other things? Because water expands when it freezes, so the pressure tries to undo the expansion and melts it. It’s capable of melting, but other substances get cracked when they’re freezing, and when you push them they’re satisfied to be solid.
Why does water expand when it freezes and other substances don’t? I’m not answering your question, but I’m telling you how difficult the why question is. You have to know what it is that you’re permitted to understand and allow to be understood and known, and what it is you’re not. You’ll notice, in this example, that the more I ask why, the deeper a thing is, the more interesting it gets. We could even go further and say, “Why did she fall down when she slipped?” It has to do with gravity, involves all the planets and everything else. Nevermind! It goes on and on.
Well so deep right and inquisitive.. makes our brain go a full merry go round.
Depending upon the depth of understanding we want to go, its all to ask for.. Questions could lead to realization or discovery of some beautiful aspects ot this universe...
No matter the type of questions.. ASK if you want to know .
Until next time, remember curiosity talks...
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