Is Curiosity Good for Us?

(lrb.co.uk)

16 points | by NaOH 1 day ago

6 comments

  • eighty8days 20 minutes ago
    I need to be curious in order to do my job correctly. If I don't, then I'm neglegent. Sure there's probably some instances where curiosity could lead someone to their demise, but for the vast majority of people, why wouldn't it be a good thing?
  • GolfPopper 1 hour ago
    "What would make someone, anyone, phobic of their curiosity? What might be endangering about curiosity?"

    We could send a ship and a crew out to Big Ben and ask Rorsach.

    • dmbche 1 hour ago
      You warm my heart
      • NooneAtAll5 33 minutes ago
        explain?
        • shoobiedoo 21 minutes ago
          It's a reference to the SciFi book Blindsight about humans who leave earth after it is surrounded by a matrix of extraterrestrial objects. Rorschach is another 'alien' vessel they try to communicate with in the Oort cloud (big ben).

          Fantastic book. Mind-bending scifi that really makes you think about consciousness, imo

  • psychoslave 1 hour ago
    That looks very interesting to go read it, but on the other hand who knows where this curiosity might lead to?!
  • iugtmkbdfil834 1 day ago
    Stop daydreaming! Get back to work! Unleashes the leash
  • PandaRider 1 hour ago
    > (though Freud makes it clear that when it comes to sexuality, it is never entirely clear what it would be to satisfy our curiosity about sex)

    Indeed. For such a predictably basic animal behavior, us humans (who pride our humanity as anything but animals) have an insatiable curiosity for "better" sex...

    ... (Perhaps more so for men then women)