I Am a Curious Person
Real curiosity is desiring truth enough to overcome the fear of finding an explanation contradictory to the one you now hold.
26-30, M
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Redivivus
Curiosity is an instinctual thing. There is no motivation that overpowers its inherent nature as that 'thing you must be'. It then becomes irrelevant whether you are curious about something to confirm or contradict your existing beliefs or ideas. You are either curious by nature or about something specific, or you're not. So I don't think it requires or can hold a sub classification as 'real' or 'fake' curiosity.
ReasonablyInsane · 26-30, M
Very true. Real curiosity isn't different than "fake" curiosity. There is only one. People who say they are curious but choose to not be actively searching for their own areas of ignorance, are merely curious because it makes them feel good. Instinctual yes, but feeling good is an instinctual desire that causes us all to unknowingly blind ourselves to what we do not want to see. So exactly as you said, there aren't two classifications. Everyone is curious to their own extent that their mind desires understanding, so that definition is worthless because it applies to everyone. When I say "real" I mean a definition of curiosity that isn't meaningless. It's not following your desire to know, it's forcing yourself to find where your wrong even though it doesn't at all feel good. That is rare in a person, and that is what leads to a true depth of knowledge.
ReasonablyInsane · 26-30, M
Rare in the population I should say.
jonjoy2
How do I know if my curiosity is meaningless? Is it something I can know?
ReasonablyInsane · 26-30, M
By nature we're only really interested and passionate about certain things and to a certain extent. Forcing yourself to expound and spread out your musings over more subjects when it's not always comfortable, is stepping beyond your innate need to understand. The definition is meaningless, not your desire to know things. But a more meaningful look at the world is brought by continuing to dig deeper even when it feels like you may know enough, or an adequate amount compared to anyone else.
The furthest depths of reality is where you'll find the frontier, and truly valuable, previously unthought ideas and keys for technology and for bettering future life.
The furthest depths of reality is where you'll find the frontier, and truly valuable, previously unthought ideas and keys for technology and for bettering future life.
jonjoy2
Ok, so just because I'm not finding anything I don't disagree with doesn't mean it's meaningless. But the thing is to always keep being curious…
ReasonablyInsane · 26-30, M
Exactly. Also, even if you don't find anything to disagree with now, you shouldn't close yourself off to considering it in the future when you have a different perspective. Sometimes we don't see what's wrong if the whole area is uniformly wrong, but when we take a larger step back, we can more easily see what needs refinement or removal.
Keep up your quest for truth, it's good to have that in the world!
Keep up your quest for truth, it's good to have that in the world!
jonjoy2
Yep, i'll try to remain curious.
PenRe
Please do :) It keeps you young and heart, mindful and appreciative of the life you are given. you know more than those who are not curious, because curiosity leads to learning and as you know, one never stops learning; unless one closes their mind.