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The itch that turns 'huh' into 'how exactly does that work'.
means The quality of wanting to find things out — a persistent appetite for questions and knowledge.
from Traces back to Latin 'inquirere' — in- ('into') plus quaerere ('to seek, ask') — the same root that gives us 'inquire' and 'inquest.' Quaerere is a fertile ancestor, also behind 'question' and 'query.' The '-ive' makes it a disposition, the '-ness' makes it a quality you can have — so the word is literally built to mean 'the state of being inclined to seek into things.'
- kids vs adults
- preschoolers ask roughly 100 questions per hour
- dark side
- tips into nosiness once it targets people, not ideas
- brain reward
- curiosity lights up the same circuit as hunger
- etymology
- from Latin inquirere, literally to seek within