Is Curiosity Good for Us?
Posted by NaOH 1 day ago
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Comment by eighty8days 19 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?
Comment by 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.
Comment by dmbche 1 hour ago
You warm my heart
Comment by NooneAtAll5 32 minutes ago
explain?
Comment by shoobiedoo 20 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
Comment by 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?!
Comment by iugtmkbdfil834 1 day ago
Stop daydreaming! Get back to work! Unleashes the leash
Comment by 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)