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Nothing's wrong with it, as far as it goes. From the philosophical POV, however, it isn't the end of the line. There are a whole string of further "why" questions that one could ask--"Why does air have 'resistance'?" "Why do the molecules of air impede the fall of the object?". . . and so on, until one comes to the "ultimate" question, in which case the answer must be of the nature "Because that's the way nature works," or something like that.
On Dec 23, 2010, at 8:59 PM, ludwik kowalski wrote:
Bob Zannelli wrote: "In an absolute sense the why question may have no answer."
Not when we agree that "why X" is the same as "what caused X." For example, "why was an explosion in my microwaves owen today?"
And here is a more familiar illustration. Why is a terminal velocity reached by a parachute? Because of the "air resistance." What is wrong with this answer in a physics class?