5-WHYs?

It's like responding to a kid asking you why you said something.

S : "We need to get some milk."
R : "Why?"

S : "Because we need to bake a cake."

R : "Why?"
S : Because we have guests coming over tomorrow."

R : "Why?"

S "Because our uncle's making a stop at our city."

R : "Why?"

S : "He has a business conference at the next city over."

R : "Why?"

S : "His boss made him..."

R : "Why?"

S : "Ah, I don't know! You figure it out yourself."

R : "...Why?"

Surprisingly, the 5-Why's is a problem solving technique that requires thinking about the cause and effect of a situation. Sometimes done as a hypothesis, sometimes as evidence of a factual claim, it is effective in finding out the root cause of a given circumstance.

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