I disagree over how curiosity becomes stifled. I think the causes are less internal and more external. Mostly, social systems punishing curiosity. I don’t think the world becomes much less mysterious as we age. I also don’t think that having to admit our own ignorance is the cause of waning curiosity. It seems to me more that when you follow your curiosity, it forces other people into contact with their own ignorance, which they don’t like, and therefore punish you socially.
I disagree with that alleged preponderance of the external. While it obviously has a big influence, personality factors like high openness to experience and low agreeableness, plus low latent inhibiton plus high cognitive abilities play, in my opinion and experience, a larger rol by a wide margin.
I disagree over how curiosity becomes stifled. I think the causes are less internal and more external. Mostly, social systems punishing curiosity. I don’t think the world becomes much less mysterious as we age. I also don’t think that having to admit our own ignorance is the cause of waning curiosity. It seems to me more that when you follow your curiosity, it forces other people into contact with their own ignorance, which they don’t like, and therefore punish you socially.
I disagree with that alleged preponderance of the external. While it obviously has a big influence, personality factors like high openness to experience and low agreeableness, plus low latent inhibiton plus high cognitive abilities play, in my opinion and experience, a larger rol by a wide margin.