Ep. #253: Why Curiosity Makes Us Patient, with Abby Hsiung & Alison Adcock

Choose to be Curious

I found myself thinking about the exquisite agony of a Hitchcock suspense when I came upon an article in Scientific American, "Why Curiosity Makes Us Patient." Abby Hsuing & Alison Adcock assert curiosity makes us hungry for knowledge, but not necessarily in a hurry to get it. It's a finding that runs in the face of a whole lot of curiosity theory that supposes curiosity is an urgent desire to know, now. But here is research saying: slow down -- it’s more interesting than that. Read the Scientific American essay here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-spoilers-please-why-curiosity-makes-us-patient/ Theme music by Sean Balick; “Turning on the Lights" by Speakeasy, via Blue Dot Sessions.