Okay, stop going 'Why what?' 'Why?' is the ultimate question, because you can keep on asking it... There is no perfectly finite answer, no matter what you're discussing... There is always another Why?
Why is just humans trying to fulfill they're need for knowledge. Why is the ultimate question, yes, but of course, just touching on religion a bit, many could say that the answer to "why" is always "God". However, getting off religion, some people might just say the answer to most "Whys" is "fate". Of course, there is always the question of "Why is fate the answer to "Why"", which would literally prbly kill me, becuase my brain is seriously not capable of that... WHY?!
Why because? (Bet you saw that coming. Very popular question when I was a kid)
the true answer to that question, is why not?
True. It could be an answer, simply because it is just as equally unanswerable as the previous question. So it serves as an answer insofar as it becomes the new primary question, thus derailing the original questioner and turning her or him into the answerer.
This is not philosophy, its just an uncompleted statement posing as one. I suppose it seems to be doing its job because it gets everyone confused.
"Why" says nothing, nor does "Why everything". Why does everything exist is a question, or even why is everything purple, but 'why' alone is just a word.
To ask that kind of question implies that there is an answer. Moreover, if there is an answer, it is known in ways and forms that can be conceptualized, formed and presented. Therefore, to ask the question is itself troubled because any answer to the question has not only a different meaning to both the one asking the question and the one answering it, but that the question itself is infinite and can never be answered.
Perhaps the best summation is presented in the movie Dogma where the distant relative of jesus prevents the fallen angels from being forgiven and she asks god, in essence, "why". God responds by smiling and touching God's finger to her nose and making honking noise.
why? because of the curious nature of humans.. it drives us to want to know answers, to toy with things to see how they work, to break things so we can try to fix them... and also 42..
