Questions Depicted In The Book 'Curious' By Ian Leslie

1. Long-distance commerce acted as a motor of change in pre-modern world history by altering consumption and daily life. Essential food and useful tools such as salt were traded from the Sahara desert all the way to West Africa and salt was used as a food preserver. Some incenses essential to religious ceremonies were traded across the world because there was a huge demand for them. Trade diminished economic self-sufficiency by creating a reliance on traded goods and encouraged people to specialize and trade a particular skill. Trade motivated the creation of a state due to the wealth accumulated from controlling and taxing trade. Trade posed the problem of if the government or private

In the opening scenes, the archaeological excavation can be described primarily as a huge project. There were many people searching the ground within a large space. The location appeared to be in a dessert, in the middle of nowhere. There were many different roles for the mass amount of people that were located within this excavation. There were people searching for artifacts and there were also people dusting off the artifacts to keeping them safe and shiny. There were also some men who appeared to be important looking at the artifacts because they were dressed up in suits, while everyone else was not as dressed up.

Author Ayn Rand is saying that asking questions is good, while depending on only a handful of people (in this case the scholars) to ask them for you divides mankind into egoists and altruists, although altruism is the only side taken. More curious than any of his brothers, Equality has always had more questions. In his world, this got him in trouble, but according to Ayn Rand, he should be praised for being a ¨creator¨ in a sea of

Following inward questioning and its way of

Something Margot Lee Shetterly mentions in the book's prologue that I found to hold more significance the further I got into the book. It had to do with a question she was asked several times during the early days of her research in regards to the "magnitude" of the stories she'd plan to cover in her book.

Human beings have an inherent tendency to seek out novelty and challenges, to extend an exercise their capacities, to explore, and to learn.” [Page 8] The reason I chose this quote is because it describes how we challenge ourselves every day to be able to extend our knowledge and learn new things. 3. “The underlying assumption about human behavior was simple and true (50,000 years ago).

The author in, “When Should You Teach Children…” walks through what happens when thorough instructions are given to young children rather than when the opportunity to explore is provided. She states a study where Dr. Bonawitz and Dr. Shafto had eighty-five children between of four and five play with a toy, the children were split up into groups and each group had a different level of detail in their instruction on how the toy works. She puts in that they concluded that the group with the most instruction played with it the least time and the group that had the most opportunity to explore played the longest. However, the author stated that more research on the topic would be a good idea.

Why is being curious important while you’re an adult? Well it’s important because you won’t find out anything about the world around you. You won’t find out anything new and we would still be at the same place, the Old Stone Age. The definition of curiosity is this; a strong feeling of wanting to know or learn. Be meddlesome, I’m pretty sure that some people don’t mind you being nosy about things no one has learned about. A quote; “Curiosity-millions saw an apple fall, but Newton asked why.”-Bernard Baruch. That quote is true like people could see color everyday but some people that are curious ask how and why do we see these colors, they want to learn something new. It’s not too bad to be interfering with the world around you but you might not really want to be nosy about people that you don’t know and are around you. A scene Dar was curious in was when Toreg first showed up, Dar was half scared and half curious about him. He was curious about what he was wearing, what clan he was from, and what kind of things they use. It’s important to be curious when you want to show

If I am to grow as a person, I must always pursue the truth. Later in the chapter, Dow says that many of us shy away from our natural curiosity because we may be fearful of what our peers will think and we do not want to betray our ignorance (p. 59). I find that these assumptions fit me. I am often worried that I will sound ignorant to my classmates and my professor, and this prohibits me from asking questions. Additionally, Dow states that “without the desire to know more,

We need to be amazed and interested in something if we want to learn about it. For example, is as if a boy watches a soccer game for the first time. He is intrigued by the players' moves and tricks and if he arrives at such point where he likes it, he would love to imitate them. Once he know the basics, or so called definitions, everything else follows. I also agree that the next step is to have courage, courage to pursue and do what you like. To me it is to lose the fear of the unknown, or challenge

2. Choose two routes that JetBlue flies. (Compare their fares versus competitors that fly the same route.) Internet sites such as Expedia or Orbitz should make this go quickly.

The chosen quote from Curious, is multi-layered, much like the overall text of the work itself. This quote is addressing the difficulty in quenching one’s curiosity as well as the many ways that an initial curious question can be a beginning stepping stone to a longer path of a journey that perhaps won’t even answer the initial question, but will instead lead to a more knowledgeable mind. This quote in itself, is additionally bringing forth the topic of interest as well. In relation to Chapter Three: Puzzles and Mysteries of Curious, this quote reinforces the chapter’s theme of puzzles vs. mysteries. In comparison to the whole book, this quote hits on two key overall themes: the expansion of “normal”, and the fact that the internet is a mixed blessing when it comes to curiosity.

People tend to reject new information and used to do things in their own ‘old’ ways when in touch with something beyond their knowledge and experiences. Thus, drive to learn helps people to grow further and know their true selves earlier.

Every human being right from the childhood asks questions to explore the world. Without questions, learning can never happen. Without learning, knowledge creation stops. So, we do ask questions in the interest of knowing something new. The great scientist Einstein says, “The important thing is to never stop questioning”.

But that word, curious, stuck with me. Curiosity instigates change, governs the governors. Yet, our curiosity is fading, and the consequences are evident. From indifference to stagnation, we aren't asking questions.