Feynman on asking "why?" This is what conversations ("conversations") with my dad are like. Him: why are you rewriting the novel / butchering the pig in December / writing that code / building that fence? Me: explanation Him: why? Me: ... Him: why? Me: ... Him: why?
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3/ At which point he puts on a skeptical face and emits a "hmmm"...as if he disagrees with me about DeMorgan's law or polymerization under heat or the solubility of aqueous nitrogen or the nuclear strong force, or something.
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4/ And then, after a conversation that is 99.9% me explaining myself / on the defensive, something else catches his interest. "Why do you have sheep?" "All welding rigs are really the same, right?" "Your book will be made into a movie, right?"
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5/ It makes me happy to realize that even Feynman got annoyed at this. https://youtu.be/fZjNJy9RJks
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6/ If we limited it to five, I'd be thrilled.https://twitter.com/KJTwitty/status/1027353608214536193?s=19 …
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7/ Yes , also, I know the Five Whys and am a fan.
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A variant on the five whys approach?
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