Whyksikköä
Whyksikköä is a fictional unit of epistemic effort used in theoretical and speculative contexts to quantify the cognitive cost of justification. The term blends Finnish yksikkö (unit) with the English question "why," signaling a focus on explanations.
Definition: In the imagined system, one Whyksikköä corresponds to the estimated amount of reasoning required to
Usage: Whyksikköä appears in thought experiments, philosophical discussions of explanation sufficiency, and certain works of speculative
Relation to theory: It complements notions like cognitive load or explanation length, without prescribing a fixed
Criticism: Critics note that the unit is highly subjective and dependent on background assumptions, making cross-context
See also: cognitive load, explanation length, epistemic cost, information theory.