(November 12, 2021 at 2:07 pm)Ferrocyanide Wrote: I’m not really seeing a difference between how and why?
For example,
How is the hardness of aluminium X?
Why is the hardness of aluminium X?
In both cases, you would have to explain the attractive forces between aluminium atoms, the crystal structure, if the material is a single crystal or polycrystalline.
Another example:
Why did you put a nail there?
Answer: to hold that piece and that piece together.
How did you put a nail there?
Answer: I used a nail gun to drive the nail into the wood.
^^^^^This one leads to different answers.
If a brain decides to put a nail somewhere, then it has its own reasons. Maybe it is optimal. It consumes less material, less energy.
That is something that nature is not going to do.
There are other cases where nature does an optimization.
Example:
All stars and planets are almost spherical. This is because a sphere is the ideal shape to achieve the lowest gravitational potential energy.
^^^^^This is a case of the properties of matter leading to a decision by nature (a brainless thing).
The case of the aluminium hardness is also nature (a brainless thing) making a decision.
Planets, stars, aluminium crystals, a fox, a tree..... all these things are designs by nature, following certain rules due to the properties of matter. And the system is also chaotic (End result depends on initial condition).
But if human brains come from nature. Why would a human come up with different answers to
1. Why did you put a nail there?
2. How did you put a nail there?
“How” answers questions like “by what method?” “to what degree?” “in what condition?” and many more. Whereas, “why” answers questions like “for what purpose or reason?”: http://www.differencebetween.net/languag...w-and-why/
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