You might be underestimating just how much curiosity-stoppers feel like actually knowing an answer. I still catch myself reading Wikipedia articles just up to the point where they confirm what I thought. Your meme would have to imply just how difficult it is to notice this in yourself.
I’d like to come up with something meme-sized about curiosity stoppers. How about:
When you pretend to know an answer, you’re wrong twice.
It doesn’t get the subtleties across, but it might be enough to gain a foothold in the average person’s mind.
You might be underestimating just how much curiosity-stoppers feel like actually knowing an answer. I still catch myself reading Wikipedia articles just up to the point where they confirm what I thought. Your meme would have to imply just how difficult it is to notice this in yourself.
I imagine the best a meme can do in this case is convince the host it’s wrong to succumb to the bias. That’ll lay the ground for change in the future.