you’re a philospher
Or a toddler. Or a teenager. Or a co-worker.
Bleh.
But… if you ask who? Then you are a potato.
Asking why as a tool is important when you genuinely don’t understand or have a hint as to why but endlessly asking why is not philosophy its attention seeking. Same way if you’re building a house it can be helpful to test a janky looking wall if it seems wobbly to test it’s strength. But endlessly sledge hammering everything until you stand for nothing is not philosophy.
It’s a lazy approach. Philosophy is more nuanced and takes an ear to hear what’s right and what’s wrong. If you have a hunch something is wrong then asking why is important. But I wouldn’t say asking why = philosophy. It’s the beginning of philosophy perhaps but not the end or goal. Likewise smashing walls is not the goal of construction, it’s building them. Smash wobbly walls not good ones. And build a good one in it’s place, otherwise one will find themselves without a home. I.e. they will feel as if nothing is true. It’s like doubting something because your only 99% sure of it. Which is akin to throwing away food which was made 5 minutes ago because it wasn’t made 1 minute ago and therefore “could be rotton.”. When in reality is extremely far from rotton. We will never be 100% sure of anything without a moment of doubt in this life. Therefore to throw away anything that’s less than 100% true to our perception is to throw away life. Which is probably why many people who indulge in extreme skepticism are depressed and don’t want to live.
It’s a constant thing for me to do, & its normal, asking why should not be curtailed, should not be forsaken,
Asking ‘why not’ though is an easy answer to a massive question but it does still make a lot of sense although it is not the ultimate answer for the conundrums,
I love questioning, some people don’t like it, and ofc i am a bit questionable sometimes myself but its great, trying to make sense of things, looking for answers even if their are none.
Hell maybe the answer unanswered is the actual answer you need, silence, time to ponder, to let things develop, let the wheels of time turn and see what happens, now you can see, the answer comes in time and all we should do is just wait, hope, dwell, ponder.
You just won best post of 2025. Everyone else can quit trying and just share bad memes for the remainder of the year.
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But why?
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