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Don't just ask why. Ask why until you know you've found the root cause.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys

Searching for "the" root cause (as opposed to more than one) is its own fallacy though.

The Ishikawa diagram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishikawa_diagram) is a way of assuming and charting out multiple causes.

So the root cause of the problem "why can't we play outside?" is because "god is dead and we're alone".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8idwyuVJ4ug

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