> And to continue to place stones even when you no longer know why the reason why. OT, but I always enjoy that kind of typos that offer us a glimpse into the e

> And to continue to place stones even when you no longer know why the reason why. OT, but I always enjoy that kind of typos that offer us a glimpse into the editorial process. Usually editing is cutting, so it's likely that the first version was "even when you no longer know the reason why", that was then changed to "even when you no longer know why" (which I think is better). But if the editor (or the author) had simply deleted "the reason" then there would be no typo (either the deletion would have worked or it wouldn't, but in both cases there would be only one instance of 'why'). So I gather the editor added the 'why' before 'the', and then intended to delete the rest of the sentence, but for some reason that didn't happen.