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Posted by NaOH 4 days ago

Is Curiosity Good for Us?(www.lrb.co.uk)
53 points | 34 commentspage 2
interludead 3 days ago|
I'm not entirely convinced that the superego is the enemy of curiosity. Some degree of self-restraint probably makes sustained curiosity possible in the first place
oliculipolicula 3 days ago|
Give oneself an out (take out precise policies against the risk of indulging any curiosity that worry you)

Labelling such a heuristic "self-restraint" reveals more about the "superego" than about "humanity"

ramshanker 3 days ago||
Curiosity must be handled with care Harry. - Prof. Albus Dumbeldore.

One of my favourate quote whenever trying extreme steps.

KingOfCoders 3 days ago||
It killed the cat!
oliculipolicula 3 days ago|
>but satisfaction brought it back
musicale 3 days ago||
Yes! -cats
WalterBright 3 days ago||
If curiosity wasn't good for us, we wouldn't have evolved it.
iugtmkbdfil834 4 days ago||
Stop daydreaming! Get back to work! Unleashes the leash
curation 3 days ago||
We do not want what is good for us.
sfink 3 days ago||
Bleh. I made it a ways in, and mostly what I got out of it is that there are more kinds of slop than just AI slop. And psychology is a topic I'm interested in.
PandaRider 3 days ago|
> (though Freud makes it clear that when it comes to sexuality, it is never entirely clear what it would be to satisfy our curiosity about sex)

Indeed. For such a predictably basic animal behavior, us humans (who pride our humanity as anything but animals) have an insatiable curiosity for "better" sex...

... (Perhaps more so for men then women)