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It is pretty amazing how far down the rabbit hole you can go in "5 why's". Louis C.K. does a very funny bit on the topic of the OP (NSFW I think)http://www.you

• malandrew 14y ago
  That video is the first thing I thought of while reading the article. I wasn't sure if it would get up voted or not, but I'm glad it did, since it does highlight how far you can go when determining the root cause of something. "... but Why?" "Because some things are and some things are not!"
• gus_massa 14y ago
  The video is funny, but usually real kids are happy with 2 or 3 chained answers and a "I don't know." Another possible last answer is "Let's look in a book" or the modern version "Let's google that". After 10 minutes of googling : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5OYH2lDNqU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5OYH2lDNqU