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Re:“Ask 'why' five times about every matter” by prmph on Monday May 09, 2016 @06:35AM (#11658738)
Well, that's possible. But sometimes also the whys are mutually recursive.

"Why is X unelectable? Because realistically no one will vote for him. And why will no one vote for him? Because he is unelectable"

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Re:“Ask 'why' five times about every matter” by kamaal on Monday May 09, 2016 @12:59PM (#11661299)
I think the worst case scenario is an answer that forms a question, which lead to the answer framing the very question.

Infinite recursion. Basically.

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