Small kids are curious about these things because they are not busy trying to survive. Their parents are busy trying to keep them survive. By 12th grade, most are preparing to survive on their own or find their place in society and they know that asking why the moon is round or the grass is green is not going to pay the bills.
People need to realize that curiosity and
philosophy is a privilege to be grateful for, not to condescend others for lacking display of it. Once people finally set themselves up, then they can sit and be curious once more. Upvote · 1.1K Reply
Daniel McLaury · April 7
What people need to realize is that curiosity is a vital necessity to have a flourishing civilization, and that by choosing to build a society where ordinary people have to struggle to survive we are shooting ourselves in the foot. Upvote · 556 Reply
Eric In what world are you living in where it i…
harder for ordinary people to survive today Pratik Deshpande · April 7 How does curiosity hamper their survival? Curiosity is about asking questions. You Read or… don't have to setup a research facility More Upvote · 198 Reply
Khalid Osman It’s not to say that people do…
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Jocelyn Baxter · April 6
Homework… tests.. sats… grades… etc. at that point we’ve stopped caring and kinda just want to graduate. School kinda ruined my love for learning and turned it into memorizing. Upvote · 978 Reply
Linus Hermansson · April 7
“School kinda ruined my love for learning and turned it into memorizing.”
But that's what it basically is…
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Shaun Wehe I disagree. Memorizing is stati…
that the Voyager 2 Probe was launched in Yehuda Posnick · Fri I remember when I entered college, my brother was telling me to take a light course load, of only 13.5 credits, Read More to get… Upvote · 61 Reply
Darth Hauler When I was in college, I took 1…
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