I'm in physical pain.
I'm in discomfort, I'm hungry.
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Steven Dubner, and you're listening to.
No stupid questions today on the show.
What is the purpose of crying?
I'm not crying.
My eyes are just leaking.
I promise.
Angela, a listener named Shane writes in with a question that is surely not stupid.
He asks simply, why do we cry?
It seems to be both a biological and an emotional reaction.
There must be a reason, or why else would we have the phrase a good cry?
Shane?
I must disagree.
Shane, there is no such thing as a good cry, especially if you are a man.
Please do not ask such stupid questions.
What accent?
What specifically are you doing right now, Stephen?
Sorry, that was my teutonic superego.