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The urge that killed the cat and built every civilization it left behind.
means Eager to learn or know something; or, of a thing, strange enough to provoke that eagerness.
from From Latin 'curiosus,' meaning careful, painstaking, full of care — built on 'cura,' care or concern. The same root that gives us 'cure' and 'curator.' Early English speakers used it for someone fastidious and inquiring, full of careful attention; only later did the word swivel toward the object of that attention, so a 'curiosity' became the odd thing itself. Both senses share one ancestor: the person who simply could not let a thing alone.
- brain reward
- Curiosity lights up the same circuits as hunger and sex
- memory hack
- Curious states make unrelated facts stick better too
- latin root
- From cura, meaning care or concern
- infant trait
- Babies stare longest at things that defy expectations
- cat myth
- Original proverb ended care, not curiosity, killed the cat
wunderkammer — 16th-17th century european cabinets of curiosities filled with exotic specimens and oddities collected by wealthy patrons
the british museum — london institution housing 8+ million objects from egyptian mummies to the rosetta stone, built on curiosity-driven collecting