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Curiosity Saved the Cat

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Curiosity Saved the Cat

Curiosity is messy, shakes things up, and enjoys breaking the rules.

Psychology Today,

5 min. de leitura
4 Ideias Fundamentais
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Curiosity is an unsung hero.

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Throughout history, curiosity has generally been depicted as a human flaw. The parables admonishing Eve for sampling the forbidden fruit or Pandora for peeking inside Zeus’s box were designed to stymie curiosity. Meanwhile, intelligence earned all the kudos for human advancement. Counselor Cynthia Vejar wishes to reconcile that narrative. She frames curiosity as an unsung hero responsible for new ideas, innovations, and discoveries. Vejar’s ode to curiosity, though lacking in citations to academic research, offers several tips to help you harness this “quiet superpower.”

Summary

Curiosity is a “quiet superpower” that ignites creativity, learning, and innovation.

Alexander Fleming could have been forgiven had he tossed his Petri dish in the trash. After all, his sample had accidentally become contaminated with mold. Instead, he examined the dish with curiosity, and his trained eye noticed an anomaly: The bacteria he had been studying didn’t grow around the mold. This chance observation led to Fleming’s discovery of penicillin, the first broad-spectrum antibiotic, which has since saved millions of lives.

Curiosity is an understated trait that prompts people to re-examine accepted truths, think critically, conceive of new ideas, and identify patterns. This modest characteristic is responsible for breeding “creativity, open-mindedness, innovation, and growth.”

Though intelligence gets all the kudos, curiosity is just as important.

Curiosity is the catalyst that spurs intelligence into action. While intelligence generates a plan for solving problems, curiosity tries to discover an approach that no one ...

About the Author

Cynthia Vejar is an associate professor of clinical mental health counseling at Lebanon Valley College.

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