why are there square roots? potential goal: determine reason for existence of square roots
goal update: do not identify the historical reason, rather identify the inherent reason in natural math and physics goal pursuit process: consider initial state and potential avenues of exploration initial state: - square roots exist - we are looking for causal associations with "square roots exist" - topical focuses: mathematics, physics, nature of universe, inherent things, general patterns proposal: explore topical focuses, looking for things that might aid the other two items
