Why ask Why? (Score 1)

It was a beer commercial a few years ago... but the question remains. The answer of course is that "Why" is a question that any creature as dependent on thinking as we are, will ALWAYS have to ask, or suffer the ignominious consequences of genetic defeat. So the "Why" question is hardwired into us. As anyone who's ever raised kids will realize. When we come to a question we can't get a "Because" for, it makes us damned uncomfortable. It increases stress levels and depending on the level of education and natural ability, those questions can become more or less frequent. God (and religion) is a marvelous way to quiet that endless and impossible to fully satisfy "why". It leaves an internal peace where there was just uncertainty before, and strangely enough, that is one of the things the religious folks among us describe. Such internal peace instead of stress would go a long way to explain survival in-extremis cases as well. So yes, we are hardwired for it... and the less we know, the harder the wires. I got my nomex suit handy now. BJ