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Is Curiosity Good for Us?

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n20/adam-phillips/is-curiosity-good-for-us
11•NaOH•1d ago

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iugtmkbdfil834•1d ago
Stop daydreaming! Get back to work! Unleashes the leash
GolfPopper•15m 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.

PandaRider•3m 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)

psychoslave•2m ago
That looks very interesting to go read it, but on the other hand who knows where this curiosity might lead to?!

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Is Curiosity Good for Us?

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n20/adam-phillips/is-curiosity-good-for-us
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