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Agustin Prenga's avatar

Thank you, David. You always offer valuable perspectives. The goal is to nurture curiosity; however, curiosity is not necessarily the answer to everything. I believe that as we gain life experience, curiosity evolves in different ways, but my point remains. There is always a risk of people questioning everything, and this questioning should be aimed at understanding, not for mere entertainment.

How would you respond to your questions?

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David Beatty's avatar

Great insight! Two questions: First, When might investigation or curiosity be unnecessary, and so the proverbial "Curiosity Killed the Cat?" In terms of conversations, there are times when the basis of conversation are shared beliefs held to be true... for example respect for others property. If we are going somewhere in your car, and you allow me to drive, I should not be curious about your car's cornering ability. Second, it seems to me patterns and habits affect our ability to be curios. A young child has few patterns of behavior, and so naturally creates opportunities for curiosity... for example I was recently at a grocery story, and a saw a young child in a cart looking up. Everyone else had the pattern of looking around at eye level. I then looked up as well, and there dangling from the the ceiling were several large inflated dinosaurs. No adult observed the dinosaurs but the child did. Maybe, the child didn't look up initially because it was curious, but because it didn't have the habit of only looking around at eye level. What do you see is the connection between breaking patterns and curiousity?

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