No, I'm not going to bore you with an essay this time. This thread is about a very simple question.
Sometimes I wake up in the morning and think "I wonder how "X" works." or "What would happen if X.".
It doesn't matter if that piece of information is really useful to me, I just want it, for no other reason than to have it. I believe such curiosity is healthy for the mind.
Do you sometimes learn for the sake of learning?
Do you sometimes pursue knowledge regardless of its usefulness to you?
Can you describe a time when you wanted a piece of information for no other reason than to have it?
Yes, quite simply.
Humans are curious creatures.
why of course
Yea I get this a lot, especially after reading informative megathreads on Facepunch.
Hell yes, all the time.
Yes, of course. I buy/borrow new books every week.
I want to be a theoretical physicist.
This is what I do all goddamn day.
from Nature of knowledge on Lyricus.org
[quote]Teacher: The picture, as you put it, is found in the service to a plan. The plan is the collective unfolding of souls to realize the singular nature of universehood as an undivided process.
We move from neighborhoods to cities, to states, to nations, to continents, to hemispheres, to planets, to solar systems, to galaxies, to local universes, to superuniverses, to the Grand Multiverse – the all-encompassing structure of our collective unity.
And every step we emerge the victor of the lesser state of being in that our lives increasingly exemplify the presence of our collective perception of what is best for the evolutionary course set forth by First Source for the Grand Multiverse.
Student: Okay, so this is the reason? To simply be able to hold the perspective of what is best for the Grand Multiverse? How can I ever know such a thing?
Teacher: You cannot.
Student: So again, I’m frustrated in ignorance. This seems to be the theme of spiritual matters.
Teacher: It is only because you take the undivided process and leap to its end, wishing to bring it closer into your reality of now. Your patience is exceeded by your vision of what is to be.
Student: I know. But what can I do about it?
Teacher: Define the knowledge that you need to accomplish each step of your process. Don’t profess to need the knowledge of God before you have the knowledge of your earth world or the knowledge of your human instrument. Frame your knowledge in the context of your design.
Student: How do you mean that?
Teacher: You are a physical body with complex, emotional impulses and instincts; you are also a system of nerves and data collectors that feed your consciousness and brain. Moreover, you are a collective of consciousnesses that span your entire species and time. These elements comprise your human instrument. [/quote]
Of course I do. Curiosity is one of humanity's greatest assets.
Last week I looked up quantum mechanics because I actually wanted to know what it was.
I wanted to know what lemonparty was, so I went to the website.
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ITT: Op talks about mundane things
When I read your question it made me think of the question:
When your friend says they like someone, do you ask them who it is?
[QUOTE=DrBreen;16587635]ITT: Op talks about mundane things[/QUOTE]
It's hard to imagine you, [i]Doctor[/i] Breen, trying to illegitimate the pursuit of learning.
If that's the worst you can do, you can send us all through that portal.
This is why I end up wasting ages reading stuff on wikipedia.
i use google
Of course it's good to be curious, it helps to develop base knowledge that can be used as gates to any number of specialties.
Yes. curiousity is good... although i dont have a cat... :argh:
[QUOTE=Scope0;16590027]Yes. curiousity is good... although i dont have a cat... :argh:[/QUOTE]
Oh you.
every human brain has curiosity hard-coded in.
without curiosity the human race would have become extinct already.
I watched a special on the quantum theory just because I could.
Every night before I go to bed, I sit and wonder about many different aspects of the world. I wonder how things work, why people do what they do, and sometimes just marvel at the entire complexity of the Universe and its workings.
Yes, I wish I could stay in school forever, and just keep learning. Too bad I need to get a job eventually.
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