Science And The Ethics Of Curiosity

Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, explores the theme of the pursuit of knowledge and scientific discovery through the main characters; Victor Frankenstein, the Creature and Robert Walton. This pursuit of knowledge drives the plot of the novel, leading Victor to create the Creature in his attempt to break down the mortal barriers that surround him and unlock the secret of life. Robert Walton’s quest for discovery leads him to the North Pole, far beyond the reach of Humans at that time. Ultimately Victor’s thirst for knowledge and scientific discovery did him more harm than good with Victor’s hatred of his creation driving him to death. Frankenstein’s message to the modern is age is simply put as “humans should not meddle in the business of the gods”. Mary Shelley’s is using Frankenstein and the actions of the characters in the novel to warn us that although we have the technology to for example, create a human being, some things are better left to nature. In our quest for knowledge we can do ourselves more harm than good. Through her novel Shelley tells us that on our path of scientific discovery there are some trails better left unexplored.

After reading “On Becoming a Better Student” by Donna Farhi Schuster, I started to think about some of the idea she mentioned. I have always been a curious person. I have always wanted to learn more about what I was interested in, but that stopped in high school. Expressing interest in something in high school was not something I did often. I was so overwhelmed with busy work in school that I was exhausted by the time I had time to actually sit down and research something I was interested in.

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

The poem entitled “Curiosity” written by Alastair Reid is a symbolic poem that uses cats as a metaphor for humans. It relates felines to people in the sense of curiosity, and what could be considered actually living life to the fullest. Essentially, this work contradicts the popular phrase, “curiosity killed the cat” by placing it within a broader context. Instead of discouraging curiosity, Reid explains why people should embrace it.

Since the ancient times people have always been attracted to the unknown. Humans have always been curious about everything they have come across; How big is our earth?, how deep is the sea? Are there any other lands past the horizon?, and how big is our universe?. These types of questions have always led humans to forcefully exercise their minds into figuring them out.

The desire to grow and become that someone you have always wanted is what drives oneself to seek knowledge. Without desire why would you seek knowledge? That’s the typical mind set, however, throughtout Beowulf, Frankenstein and The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde one can see how that is not the case for most of the characters. It strangely portrays the opposite, as it is knowledge what drives desire to such extent that if analyzed one can predict what their desire will be.

7a. Interested and intrigued- having the attention or curiosity engaged; to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities

Curiosity is often defined as a strong desire to know or learn something. Being filled to the brim with curiosity is one of the most amazing feelings. Finding something you are interested in and wanting to know every single thing there is to know about it. Being inquisitive is such a powerful thing, always wanting to see more, to hear more, to do more, to be more. It makes people who they are, if someone is not very curious, they might be very dull because they know what they know and they are content with that. It is the naturally curious people that get more out of life, because they are always searching for something more, something bigger and brighter, and often they find it. But, in certain situations, being overly

Eastern Washington University has a lot of international students therefore, I will have the curiosity to know about them. For example, my English class has eight students. Each of them is from different countries. As well, sometimes we do activities in class that makes us talk with each other. As show curiosity that can help me for development because it makes my mind active instead of passive. For example, the people who are curious always like to ask and search to find the answer in their minds. In this time, their minds are active. I believe that when I have a curiosity for many things that makes your mind stronger and stronger. Also, I believe that will be an incentive for me to be smart, a great student, and have the beautiful life.

The forth chapter of the Curious Researcher is filled with tons of valuable information. In the beginning of the chapter, Ballenger talks about how its greatly beneficial to include yourself into your essay and says you don't necessarily have to include the word "I." He explains that the author of the paper has the decision of whether or not to include the word “I”. I thought that this was very intriguing due to the fact he stated that, it is very easy to use the word "I" repeatedly. He explains when you do that when writing an essay, your essay can sound very repetitive like it were a list or a bibliography and the reader could easily become bored from reading it. Another point Ballenger talked about was procrastination. Procrastination

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That’s what I want to know. That’s what I’ve always wanted to know. Hell, it’s what I’ve built a worldview on, a life on. Observation and speculation, understanding and knowledge. I’ve always felt so damn interested in.. Well, everything. But there’s a reason for that, a reason I didn’t really realize fully until just now. Just a disclaimer: Maybe I’m pulling the reason out of my ass; I sort of doubt the validity of anyone’s true ability to fully ‘know’ themselves, or anyone, or anything… But I thought this warranted some expression of my thoughts.

To be sure, people have always suffered from curiosity, and even Eve fell victim to this, but as time progressed the Catholic Church and new age ideas grew because of this curiosity. There are many examples of curiosity killing, early Christians by Rome, Spanish Inquisition, and the Holocaust, were situation that people killed people either for lack of knowledge or their curiosity of the opposing system. This curiosity helped to develop people’s views away from spiritual thoughts, and more into a physical world. From seeking knowledge to explain consciousness to figuring out earthly knowledge. For example, science used this curiosity on people, sometimes on accident like small pox, or other times on purpose like the Tuskegee experiment, in

When humans are born and experience sight for the first time, they start upon an involuntary journey of discovery. As senses develop, infants find themselves surrounded by limitless stimuli and sources of perplexity. Surprisingly, through the noise of this new environment, questions begin to take root: Who is she? What is that? Where am I? This curiosity, or the desire to learn something, emerges uninvited when faced with the unknown, and is present from birth (Berlyne, 1950). In some cases, by following these mental itches, one can discover a facet of existence previously unbeknownst to her or possibly anyone else. However, sometimes there are dire consequences from taking an uncharted path. Through this paper, I consider the underlying

Our ethical judgments will always limit us in gaining new knowledge in the arts and natural sciences. There are some methods that would work to uncover new information, but would go against ethical standards set by society such as animal and human testing. There is also the dilemma as to who should be able to access and view the information available.