dr Ryu Hasan - Pertanyaan Anak Kecil

Jadi banyak pertanyaan2 dari saya, sejak kecil itu yang berujung dengan ditapuk (ditampar) mulut saya. Makan enak2 malah tanya, ini gimana ya? orang dulu kok makan jagung, ini pertama gimana ya? 

Itu kan (mengganggu) pada saat orang di meja makan menikmati hidangan (ada) pertanyaan begitu kan, menjengkelkan. 
Misalnya lagi, kenapa orang punya anak? 
Dijawab karena menikah. 

O... kalau menikah punya anak? 
Kucing menikah gak? enggak... kok punya anak? 
Kalau kucing kawin. Loh jadi, yang bikin punya anak itu kawin apa menikah? Pertanyaan2 seperti itu njengkelin, (karena) rumit jawabnya. Karena manusia jarang menjawab secara ontologis.
Ya manusia kawin, kawinya gimana manusia? Anak umur 6 tahun, sulit menjelaskanya. Yang ditunjukkan, kayak gitu, kucing kawin gitu. Manusia juga gitu? Yo gak... lah yo opo????

So, I used to ask a lot of questions as a child, which often ended with me getting my mouth smacked. For example, we’d be enjoying a nice meal, and I’d suddenly ask, 
How did people eat corn for the first time?

Of course, at the dinner table, when everyone is enjoying their food, questions like that can be really annoying.
Another example — I'd ask, 
“Why do people have children?” 

The answer would be, 
“Because they get married.”

“Oh… so if you get married, you have children?”
“Well, does a cat get married?”
“No.”
“Then how come cats have kittens?”
“Because they mate”
“So, which one actually leads to having children — marriage or mating?”
Questions like that were frustrating because they were difficult to answer. People rarely explain things in an ontological way.
Yes, humans mate too. But how do humans mate? Try explaining that to a six-year-old! The easiest way is just to point at animals—like, “See, cats mate like that.”
“So, humans do it the same way?”
“Well… not exactly.”

“Then how??”