> how can you understand what they're doing unless you're earnestly curious about it?
The implied relationship between the two things mentioned here doesn't actually exist. It's perfectly possible to understand a system without ever being curious about it.
E.g:
1) when food depends on it
2) when absorbed via osmosis or a byproduct of curiosity about an entirely unrelated topic.
I have a robust understanding of quite a number of topics that I can promise you I've never been curious to learn anything about. I just soak it up like a sponge.
Curiosity certainly helps. But to suggest that curiosity is a foundational requirement for understanding something misses the forest for the trees.
The implied relationship between the two things mentioned here doesn't actually exist. It's perfectly possible to understand a system without ever being curious about it.
E.g:
1) when food depends on it
2) when absorbed via osmosis or a byproduct of curiosity about an entirely unrelated topic.
I have a robust understanding of quite a number of topics that I can promise you I've never been curious to learn anything about. I just soak it up like a sponge.
Curiosity certainly helps. But to suggest that curiosity is a foundational requirement for understanding something misses the forest for the trees.