“Ask 'why' five times about every matter”

Re:“Ask 'why' five times about every matter” by dTal on Monday May 09, 2016 @08:53AM (#11659404)

What if you told them ahead of time what you were doing, so they would happily cooperate knowing there would only be 5? Otherwise, by the fifth most people will think "man, this never ends..."

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Re:“Ask 'why' five times about every matter” by code4life on Monday May 09, 2016 @09:03AM (#11659479)

I'd probably ask "Why 5 times?" and then it would be game on.

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Re:“Ask 'why' five times about every matter” by Bartweiss on Monday May 09, 2016 @11:07AM (#11660352)

By six, you're usually at something like "because that makes me happy". By seven, you're into metaphysics and cognitive science.

Of course, some issues are genuinely simple, and you're off in unhelpful territory halfway through. I suspect five why's is a decent estimate, but not necessarily more accurate than four.

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Re:“Ask 'why' five times about every matter” by joezydeco on Monday May 09, 2016 @02:35PM (#11662034)

There's a really good Louis CK routine about this, involving his young daughter.

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Re:“Ask 'why' five times about every matter” by Piskvorrr on Monday May 09, 2016 @10:17AM (#11659995)

"Diminishing returns."

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