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> why mass attracts mass What kind of answer could you get for that kind of question? Seems to me that "Why?" Is the question you can ask endlessly of any ans
by concordDance 7y ago
> why mass attracts mass
What kind of answer could you get for that kind of question?
Seems to me that "Why?" Is the question you can ask endlessly of any answer.
Often I think a "why?" questions is just a request for a compelling narrative... Maybe that is literaly what "why?" means?
- sushibowl 7y agoRichard Feynman himself has a reply similar to yours in the documentary called "Fun To Imagine" when he is asked a why question, in that case related to the magnetic force: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36GT2zI8lVA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36GT2zI8lVA Indeed, questions of why are often metaphysical and can't truly be answered within the framework of physics.