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spyrosg on May 9, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: “Ask 'why' five times about every matter”

Careful, enough why()'s and you invariably get nil. This is a pointer your employer probably doesn't want you to follow.

ajuc on May 9, 2016 | [–]

I usually get "Because BIG BANG".

But good point - you want the why function to write the intermediate answers somewhere as a side effect.

mrspeaker on May 9, 2016 | | [–]

I'd be interested to know why(Because BIG BANG)

johnchristopher on May 9, 2016 | [–]

Do not ask `Why?` Be cautious with `How?` `Why?` leads inexorably to paradox.

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