Comments on: Curiosity Drives Us to Unearth Hidden Insights http://www.commcognition.com/blog/curiosity-drives-us-to-unearth-hidden-insights/ Where Mind Meets Message Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:12:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Larson http://www.commcognition.com/blog/curiosity-drives-us-to-unearth-hidden-insights/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Jennifer Larson Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:53:11 +0000 http://www.commcognition.com/blog/?p=219#comment-102 curiosity may have killed the cat, but as my mother loves to say "satisfaction brought him back." Without a healthy dose of curiosity, we wouldn't have most, if any, of the things that make our lives easier, more enjoyable and healthier. I don't think I'll ever stop asking why, as much as it seems to annoy many people around me. <abbr><em>Jennifer Larson’s last blog post..<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/first-theme-of-2009-grid-focus/" rel="nofollow">First Theme of 2009: Grid Focus</a></abbr></em> curiosity may have killed the cat, but as my mother loves to say “satisfaction brought him back.” Without a healthy dose of curiosity, we wouldn’t have most, if any, of the things that make our lives easier, more enjoyable and healthier. I don’t think I’ll ever stop asking why, as much as it seems to annoy many people around me.

Jennifer Larson’s last blog post..First Theme of 2009: Grid Focus

]]> By: Samuel D. Bradley http://www.commcognition.com/blog/curiosity-drives-us-to-unearth-hidden-insights/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Samuel D. Bradley Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:23:27 +0000 http://www.commcognition.com/blog/?p=219#comment-96 That's a great, caveat: surround yourself with curious people. I think there's a real corollary here with creativity, too. That's one of the great things of being part of a vibrant research lab. We feed off of one another. That’s a great, caveat: surround yourself with curious people.

I think there’s a real corollary here with creativity, too. That’s one of the great things of being part of a vibrant research lab. We feed off of one another.

]]> By: Lisa Hickey http://www.commcognition.com/blog/curiosity-drives-us-to-unearth-hidden-insights/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Lisa Hickey Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:59:04 +0000 http://www.commcognition.com/blog/?p=219#comment-95 There’s definitely a social aspect to curiosity, as well as an inner, innate one. I find myself being more curious when I surround myself with other people who are also curious. And when people get excited about my insights – well then, it just makes an inferno out of a spark. If there’s anything more exciting than having a lightbulb go off in ones own head, it’s seeing one go off in someone else’s head. There’s definitely a social aspect to curiosity, as well as an inner, innate one. I find myself being more curious when I surround myself with other people who are also curious. And when people get excited about my insights – well then, it just makes an inferno out of a spark. If there’s anything more exciting than having a lightbulb go off in ones own head, it’s seeing one go off in someone else’s head.

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