Why Do We Ask Questions?
To live you have to at least partially understand your surroundings.
Much like in a board game, you do have to understand the rules at least a bit to play.
That does not mean you will win the game, but without knowing anything you cannot even play.
All living beings instinctively know some of the basic rules of this game of life, although many of these rules were passed down to them through their genes by generations of curious ancestors.
Instincts of what is bad, what is good, what is dangerous or beneficial, things to watch out for, when to run and when to fight, what to eat and what not to eat, and even dangerous colors, were all things someone had to be curious enough to discover first.
It is this curiosity, that while perhaps bad for the individual, is vital for the species.
When you talk to Psychologists, especially Developmental Psychologists, they will tell you that asking questions and being curious is a crucial part, of not only understanding the world, but also ourselves.
We ask questions to model the adults around us, to learn by not having to be in danger ourselves, and ask questions to circumvent the possible threats that experimenting would have us meet.
