objective:
strengthen your ability to stay curious longer—without jumping to conclusions or easy answers.
instructions:
- pair up participants and explain they are both undercover agents investigating a seemingly normal situation.
- give them a simple everyday scene (e.g., someone watering a plant, a missing sock, a cat staring at a wall). their only investigative tool is the word “why.”
- take turns asking only “why” questions that build on each other.
- why is the plant indoors?
- why do people keep plants inside their homes?
- why do homes exist?
- keep going until one of these natural endings occurs:
- someone laughs out loud
- one person says, “i’ve never thought about that before”
- you hit a deep or weird question and agree to pause
- you accidentally invent a conspiracy theory or philosophical truth
- you decide you’ve reached the origin of the universe
debrief
reflecting on how it felt to follow curiosity without resolution.
optional
share your favorite “why moment” with the group.