#human curiosity

[rose-tries-to-write]

Thing I’ve found out abt ppl who have a passion for something is they Love questions.

You ever see posts abt ppl emailing scienctists/zoo keepers or experts in random fields with random, often strange questions? Notice how most of the responses are just excited ppl ready and eager to answer Anything at all?

This isn’t even exclusive to the hands-on work fields - I’ve seen this in writing communities for years. When people ask questions abt others stories or writing tips/tricks, all of the replies tend to be in the same line of just so excited to share what they’ve learned.

[a-typical]

“The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us -- there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

[houghtonlib]

Circus sideshow performers Fred Howe and George Moore, ca. 1890.

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Houghton Library, Harvard University

[jtwb768-babbles]

An Inquiry into the Ontological Moistness of Ice: A Thoroughly Unnecessary Investigation into Whether Ice Is Wet

By Professor JT Santana, Department of Everyday Philosophy and Kitchen Science AbstractFew questions have so elegantly balanced the line between profound inquiry and absolute nonsense as the question: “Is ice wet?” This essay, which I assure you nobody requested yet everyone now deserves, attempts to address the ontological condition of frozen water through the lenses of philosophy, language,…

An Inquiry into the Ontological Moistness of Ice: A Thoroughly Unnecessary Investigation into Whether Ice Is Wet

[sgrji]

Voyager: Humanity's Cosmic Journey

In the vast expanse of the universe, two unassuming spacecraft have embarked on an extraordinary odyssey that has captured the imagination of humanity for decades. Launched by NASA in the late 1970s, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have become iconic symbols of human curiosity and exploration. These twin probes have not only provided us with invaluable data about the outer planets of our solar system but…

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[astronauticall]

something something we are the product of centuries of advancement and discovery and standing on the shoulders of giants is not just when you make epic new discoveries but it's also when you take your car to work or talk to friends across the country or google what song is in your head and something something we are all participants in the age of information and we all add to the total sum of human knowledge on a scale that the world has quite literally never experienced before and it's about the inherent emotionalism of learning and discovery and how the absolute wonder that is New Things are available to more people than ever before