Posted: May 04, 2019 8:53 pm
Cito di Pense wrote:Why ask why?
I think it ends up being the most intriguing of questions. All the other wh- questions have such immediate, definitive and mundane answers, but whys can take you on long journeys into realms you hadn't imagined when you originally asked. Kids seem to alight on the why question at a particular age and recognize its power, or perhaps its futility - no other question requires quite so much effort or leaves the adult flapping so much.
Cito di Pense wrote:There's always that picture that Penrose drew in the first few pages of The Road To Reality.
Do you mean the 3 intersecting spliffs of reality?