FAQ

Why is the universe here, and not nothingness?

If there is a god, why is he/she/it so shy?

Why does Genesis have nothing to say on why God created Homo sapiens?

Why is the sky blue? (Rayleigh scattering doesn’t cut it)

Why did faith (an inner conviction of certainty) take over from traditional rituals sufficient for animalist and pagan worshippers?

Why do you believe the late Stephen J Gould when he writes, "We are, whatever our glories and accomplishments,

a momentary cosmic accident that would never arise again if the tree of life could be replanted from seed

and regrown under similar conditions." Or, why don’t you?

Why can vampire bats be an inspiration to us all? (Clue, ask Richard Dawkins)

Why is disgust such a universal emotion?

“An increase why is an increase idle . . .” (why?) (Clue, ask Gertrude Stein)

“Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.” (Clue, ask Thoreau)

Why is a grown man like you playing with words? (Clue, Danny Abse suggests it is code for

"Do you really consider writing poetry important.”)

Why is the most influential nature writing in prose not poetry?

“When we think about our behaviour as individuals, "Why?" is a question almost always on the tips of our tongues.”

(Why?, Clue, ask Paul Ehrlich)

Why do we so often ask “Did that happen?” when we hear an interesting story?

Wonderful lyric poems already exist, why not diversify?

Why follow ‘official verse culture’ or its formalist highly theoretical opposition,

or the excitable spoken word performance?

Why not a poetry of intellect not simply emotion, and of wonder, curiosity and information.

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