Stop Asking Why Someone Behaves in the Way They Do
<p>Your small child throws all of their toys out of their pram. You may be tempted to ask as the one who has to pick them up.<br />
“Why did you do that?”</p>
<p>Your school-age child hides in a cupboard for three hours and reappears just as you are going to ring the police.<br />
“Why did you do that? Didn’t you realise how worried we would be?”</p>
<p>Your teenager doesn’t eat anything for three days?<br />
“Why are you doing this? What do you hope to achieve?”</p>
<p>Your Spouse walks off one morning, switches off their phone and doesn’t return for 24 hours.<br />
“Why?”</p>
<h2>What AI has to say</h2>
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<p>A question asked of Bing AI</p>
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<p>NB. No other part of this article is generated by AI unless specifically stated</p>
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<h2>The question “why?” is loaded.</h2>
<p>The question in itself brings a whole load of baggage with it. The person to whom the question is directed can feel it as a poison arrow. Let’s look at some of the possible imagined subtexts.</p>
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