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Old 09-02-2008, 03:16 PM
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Old 09-02-2008, 03:21 PM
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Maybe people ask why? because it is a short question for a long answer..........
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Old 09-02-2008, 03:47 PM
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Maybe people ask why? because it is a short question for a long answer..........
Maybe that's why three-year-old keeps asking "why?" about everything. Why is the sky blue? Why are there clouds? Why can't I go outside? Why do I have to be nice? "Why?" "Why?!?!" "WHY, Mommy, WHYYYYY?"
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Old 09-02-2008, 04:23 PM
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We ask "why?" to quiet the voice in our head who asks way too many questions. That voice asks questions because it concerns itself with far too much unimportant crap.
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Old 09-02-2008, 04:33 PM
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We ask "why?" to quiet the voice in our head who asks way too many questions. That voice asks questions because it concerns itself with far too much unimportant crap.
Could it be that the "why" questions act as filter to get rid of the "unimportant crap"?
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Old 09-02-2008, 07:20 PM
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Could it be that the "why" questions act as filter to get rid of the "unimportant crap"?
Yeah, I see what you mean. It eliminates the possibilities that you would otherwise be thinking about. I say "unimportant crap" in relation to the grand scheme of things. By that, I mean that the things we normally consider important (and important enough to ask questions about) are somewhat unimportant.

We ask questions like "why" to eliminate the endless pondering that our mind will do if we do not ask it. The mind will ponder it because the context of the scenario in question is important to the mind and its self-made identity. If that is no longer important to us, then the desire to ask "why?" is gone. It's all a question of desire and fulfillment of desire.
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Why do people ask the question, why?
Why do you ask?

I think that when we try to understand something, it helps to understand the rationale behind it. Imagine explaining a knife to an alien that has claws with which it's species have always prepared meals. They might ask, "What's that?" "A knife" "A knife? What does that do?" "We use it to cut things up" "Why?" "Because we don't have claws like you" "Oh... I see... a knife..."

*Please excuse the dumb example, extremely tired*

In the same way, it helps us to understand "why" in order to give something a bit of context. The design of an old mud hut, compared to the design of a modern home, makes sense given the context of the time - knowing when they were build, explains WHY they were built in that way... okay I'll stop now.
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Why do people ask the question, why?
Because they don't know what's going on... but would like to.
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Because they don't know what's going on... but would like to.
That covers the first definition of why, as in finding the reason, the purpose. But what about its second definition, as in, what for?
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