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Re:Why do we think we understand the world more than we actu... by c-flow on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @03:16AM (#49080457)
On a somewhat related point, a lifestyle blogger & parent had coined the "fourth question" theory of sorts a few years ago - that, the fourth follow-up question a young child asks generally requires the parent to attempt to explain the meaning of existence, universe, and the like. I have also found this to be true.
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Re:Why do we think we understand the world more than we actu... by bonesss on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @03:32AM (#49080573)
I love it. Where else can I give a jumbled mostly-ok explanation of the standard model and cosmology until the other persons brain turns off from overstuffed-boredom and not get fact checked?
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Re:Why do we think we understand the world more than we actu... by pif on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @03:34AM (#49080592)
> the meaning of existence, universe, and the like

And the child will be too young to accept 42 as a satiosfactory answer...

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