We can understand why Adam HaRishon chose to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil through the following parable:
"Little Billy's father decided to teach his son all about electricity and magnetism so that Billy could learn physics. First, Billy's father taught Billy how electric motors work. He told Billy to never touch an exposed wire in an electrical circuit with a high voltage because if Billy did so, then Billy would get electrocuted and die. Billy was so fascinated with electricity and magnetism that he wanted to make his father proud and become a great physicist. Billy wanted to better understand the curious phenomenon of electrocution to advance his studies in physics, so he decided to electrocute himself. As a result, Billy died as the world's leading expert in the phenomenon of electrocution."
Similar to Billy's decision to electrocute himself, Adam HaRishon decided to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil so that he could make G-d proud by becoming the world's expert in the phenomenon of good and evil.
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