Curiosities & DasBender QuestionsWhen posting, please put your name in red and your question inblack to save space. Also include next to your name in red either (C)for the curiosities reading or (DB) for the DasBender reading, so weknow which your question applies to.Garrison Hurd (C)

Curiosity is an aspect ofeveryday life of every personof any age. We all take in oursurroundings and wonder whysomething is the way it is. Butwhy does a very smallpercentage of people act on itwhen statistics show that itwill increase knowledge andhappiness (especially inrelationships)? Will any of ustry to look at life a new wayand use the gift of curiosity toour advantage? Why would wenot?

Sena Sarikaya (C)

If we do not approach life withcuriosity, then are we reallyliving? Or just surviving?Learning doesn't justautomatically stop after school.Our brains need to constantly beexposed to new ideas and ourbodies need new activities. Aperson should take it upon his orherself to explore the world(maybe not so literally if theycannot afford it). As the articlesaid, our brain thrives when we'recurious. So really, curiosity is justlike food for the brain! Curiosityalso helps us lead a happier life.For example, the articlementioned that most couples who

go to couple counseling werelacking new experiences in theirrelationship. They were bored ofeach other. Every relationshipneeds spontaneous acts to keepthings interesting. Can curiositybe dangerous? Sure, anything canbe dangerous. However, it wasthe great curious minds of AlbertEinstein and Thomas Edison thatachieved some of the mostprominent inventions andtheories of human kind. So myquestion is, why hold ourselvesback? Could our curiosity as thehuman race and aid us inprogressing overall? I believe so.

Abby Everhart

As a child the saying"curiosity killed the cat" wasconstantly being thrown at me.I remember being in pre-kworking on some art projectand I was cutting paper tomake grass. The teacherwalked over and stopped mebecause I was doing the art"incorrectly". Thankfully, Ihad a very artsy mother wholet me express myself in anyway which really allowed formy creative brain to expand.While reading through thearticle "The Power ofCuriosity", the Five Benefits ofan Inquiring Mind reallystruck me. Each element madea lot of since when it came tomaking up what is said to be acurious person. But the articlealso talked about curiosityequating to happiness. Withthat in mind, when one of thefive benefits was intelligence,the saying "Ignorance is bliss"came to mind. Generally, itseems that people of higherintelligence are less happy andhave higher risks of mental

illness. So can beingintelligent really lead to havinga happier life? Can thisintelligence only createhappiness when it's partneredpositivly with curiostiy?

Daniel Gehrin (C)

Looking at all of these benefitsto being curious looks to be togood to be true. It correlates tobeing happier, living longerand being smarter. So withthat, why are people notlooking for curiosity? What isstoping them, is it laziness orjust not knowing where tostart?

Anna Miszkiewicz (C)

I have always been someonewho looked into differentthings and wondered how theyworked. I believe that byhaving an open mind cancontribute to growingknowledge but also turn intooverthinking. If someone cansimply become happier byquestioning and being curious,then why is it that when peoplelook deeper into certainsituations they becomeworried and anxious? Cancuriosity ever be a bad thing?

William Gooding (C)I have always been interested in science, especially theorigins of the earth and the universe. I did quite a bit ofresearch being curious, and figured out true scientific factsand laws seem to point toward a very young universe,around 7000 years old, and I wonder why, with all of thetechnology available to modern day scientists; why dothey reject young universe evidence and stick with the oldand unproven theory of billions of years? I also wonderwhy public schools still ordinate test based on thisoutdated theory and not base there scientific curriculumon what we know is true?Lukas Duemmler (C)

If curiosity has been proven tohave a positive effect inpeople's life, why aren't wemore curious. After readingthis article, how are you goingto approach everyday routinesin your life? Are you going tocontinue to resent them, or areyou going to be curious aboutit and try to make a game outof what ever the daily routineis?

Will Blalock (C)

Curiosity is a characteristic that everyone posses. I usecuriosity everyday while trying to decided how I am going tocomplete everything I want to. Everyone has a differentperspective on happiness and curiosity. What makes peopletruly happy and how does being curios enhance that emotion?I don't necessarily have faith in the statistics because thesamples in the article only represent less than 0.002% of theworlds population. Could today's society be a cause for thelack of happiness among people? What even is happiness?Whats happiness to you as an individual? I have alwaysbelieved that happiness is obtained through doing yourpassion. If I have a passion and a love for a particular thing,does being close minded make you less happy?

Nick Ward (C)

This is something I'm curiousabout. Why is it that as littlechildren we were alwaystrying to discover new thingsand explore, but as we grew upwe wanted to keep everythingthe same? It's really somethingto contemplate because if youthink about it, adults are (mostof the time) some of the mostboring people that you meet.Why do we as people do welose that sense of awe andwonder that we have in theworld we live in as we age?

James Kelly (C)

If curiosity has shown to havea positive correlation with

health, intelligence, socialrelationships, happiness, andmeaning, then why don'tpeople attempt to generatesome curiosity within the other80% of their life that isconsidered to be non-engaging? If people were to dothis, would they view theirlives as being more enjoyable?

Ben Ridgeway (C)

I am majoring in astrophysics so curiosity is a big partof my game plan. I've learned that curiosity can begreat and give meaning to a boring stagnant existence.I can see how curiosity is coupled with greaterhappiness, but also people who aren't happy in the firstplace usually aren't going to go searching for things todo except sulk, especially those with depression. Doescuriosity really lead to greater happiness, or areunhappy people just not curious?

For every action there is an equal and oppositereaction.

Katherine Morton (C)

The first question that came tomind as I was reading thisarticle, and I see that it hasalready been mentioned a fewtimes on the wall, was that ifcuriosity makes life moreenjoyable then why don't wejust apply curiosity to tasks wedo not enjoy as much? But as Ithink about it I am wonderingwhat it takes to actuallybecome curious about a topic?Is that a choice that we havethe power to make or is ourcuriosity limited to ouremotional mind only?

Brea Talley (C)

The idea that we allow massmedia such as magazines, T.v ,movies and social mediainfluence and corrupt our

perception of what happinesstruly is. We know deep downwhat truly makes us happy butwe are partially in denial aboutwhat truly do make us happy .Or even slightly ashamed ofthe things that bring joy to ourlives. Society has fooled usinto believing what we need inorder to be gleeful . But inactuality no two people areexactly the same therefore notwo people will become happyoff the same two things. Whydo people pretend toexperience pleasure justbecause society says we aresupposed to and that it's theonly way to be happy ?

Adele Jarrett (C)

As many people, I too deemthat curiosity can lead to greathappiness. Now I sincerelywonder, why is the quote“curiosity killed the cat” sofamous?

Wyatt Shely (C)

Yes, curiosity breeds a multitude of lifebenefits from happiness and socialrelationships, to intelligence and health. This idea that curiosity is the main routeto happiness is quite easilyunderstandable, but the perplexingcomponent in my mind is that happinessonly results from curiosity, not viceversa. Is obtaining happiness fromcuriosity a one-way street? Or cansomeone experience happiness withoutany curiosity at all, and then be drivento curiosity from this attractive feelingof happiness?

Delanie Knight- C

I found this article really interesting onthe aspect that having more curiositycan make a person happier and

healthier. Honestly, I do not spendmuch time being curious; I don't evenknow what I'm curious about. How cansuch deep curiosities start when one'slife is overwhelmed with otherimportant events? Should one take timeout of their day just to think about theirinterests?

Troy Lake

I thought the article oncuriosity was pretty cool. Inever think about the benefitsof curiosity because Iam usually caught up incalculus. Although I thinkevery one should stay curiousto some extent, can having toomuch curiosity pull you awayfrom reality? I feel like havingto much curiosity will decreaseour ability to deceiver what wecan really achieve.

Garrison Hurd (C)

Curiosity is an aspect ofeveryday life of every personof any age. We all take in oursurroundings and wonder whysomething is the way it is. Butwhy does a very smallpercentage of people act on itwhen statistics show that itwill increase knowledge andhappiness (especially inrelationships)? Will any of ustry to look at life a new wayand use the gift of curiosity toour advantage? Why would wenot?

Sena Sarikaya (C)

If we do not approach life withcuriosity, then are we reallyliving? Or just surviving?Learning doesn't justautomatically stop after school.Our brains need to constantly be

exposed to new ideas and ourbodies need new activities. Aperson should take it upon his orherself to explore the world(maybe not so literally if theycannot afford it). As the articlesaid, our brain thrives when we'recurious. So really, curiosity is justlike food for the brain! Curiosityalso helps us lead a happier life.For example, the articlementioned that most couples whogo to couple counseling werelacking new experiences in theirrelationship. They were bored ofeach other. Every relationshipneeds spontaneous acts to keepthings interesting. Can curiositybe dangerous? Sure, anything canbe dangerous. However, it wasthe great curious minds of AlbertEinstein and Thomas Edison thatachieved some of the mostprominent inventions andtheories of human kind. So myquestion is, why hold ourselvesback? Could our curiosity as thehuman race and aid us inprogressing overall? I believe so.

Abby Everhart

As a child the saying"curiosity killed the cat" wasconstantly being thrown at me.I remember being in pre-kworking on some art projectand I was cutting paper tomake grass. The teacherwalked over and stopped mebecause I was doing the art"incorrectly". Thankfully, Ihad a very artsy mother wholet me express myself in anyway which really allowed formy creative brain to expand.While reading through thearticle "The Power ofCuriosity", the Five Benefits ofan Inquiring Mind reallystruck me. Each element made

a lot of since when it came tomaking up what is said to be acurious person. But the articlealso talked about curiosityequating to happiness. Withthat in mind, when one of thefive benefits was intelligence,the saying "Ignorance is bliss"came to mind. Generally, itseems that people of higherintelligence are less happy andhave higher risks of mentalillness. So can beingintelligent really lead to havinga happier life? Can thisintelligence only createhappiness when it's partneredpositivly with curiostiy?

Daniel Gehrin (C)

Looking at all of these benefitsto being curious looks to be togood to be true. It correlates tobeing happier, living longerand being smarter. So withthat, why are people notlooking for curiosity? What isstoping them, is it laziness orjust not knowing where tostart?

Anna Miszkiewicz (C)

I have always been someonewho looked into differentthings and wondered how theyworked. I believe that byhaving an open mind cancontribute to growingknowledge but also turn intooverthinking. If someone cansimply become happier byquestioning and being curious,then why is it that when peoplelook deeper into certainsituations they becomeworried and anxious? Cancuriosity ever be a bad thing?

William Gooding (C)

I have always been interested in science, especially theorigins of the earth and the universe. I did quite a bit ofresearch being curious, and figured out true scientific factsand laws seem to point toward a very young universe,around 7000 years old, and I wonder why, with all of thetechnology available to modern day scientists; why dothey reject young universe evidence and stick with the oldand unproven theory of billions of years? I also wonderwhy public schools still ordinate test based on thisoutdated theory and not base there scientific curriculumon what we know is true?Lukas Duemmler (C)

If curiosity has been proven tohave a positive effect inpeople's life, why aren't wemore curious. After readingthis article, how are you goingto approach everyday routinesin your life? Are you going tocontinue to resent them, or areyou going to be curious aboutit and try to make a game outof what ever the daily routineis?

Will Blalock (C)

Curiosity is a characteristic that everyone posses. I usecuriosity everyday while trying to decided how I am going tocomplete everything I want to. Everyone has a differentperspective on happiness and curiosity. What makes peopletruly happy and how does being curios enhance that emotion?I don't necessarily have faith in the statistics because thesamples in the article only represent less than 0.002% of theworlds population. Could today's society be a cause for thelack of happiness among people? What even is happiness?Whats happiness to you as an individual? I have alwaysbelieved that happiness is obtained through doing yourpassion. If I have a passion and a love for a particular thing,does being close minded make you less happy?

Nick Ward (C)

This is something I'm curiousabout. Why is it that as littlechildren we were alwaystrying to discover new thingsand explore, but as we grew upwe wanted to keep everythingthe same? It's really something

to contemplate because if youthink about it, adults are (mostof the time) some of the mostboring people that you meet.Why do we as people do welose that sense of awe andwonder that we have in theworld we live in as we age?

James Kelly (C)

If curiosity has shown to havea positive correlation withhealth, intelligence, socialrelationships, happiness, andmeaning, then why don'tpeople attempt to generatesome curiosity within the other80% of their life that isconsidered to be non-engaging? If people were to dothis, would they view theirlives as being more enjoyable?

Ben Ridgeway (C)

I am majoring in astrophysics so curiosity is a big partof my game plan. I've learned that curiosity can begreat and give meaning to a boring stagnant existence.I can see how curiosity is coupled with greaterhappiness, but also people who aren't happy in the firstplace usually aren't going to go searching for things todo except sulk, especially those with depression. Doescuriosity really lead to greater happiness, or areunhappy people just not curious?

For every action there is an equal and oppositereaction.

Katherine Morton (C)

The first question that came tomind as I was reading thisarticle, and I see that it hasalready been mentioned a fewtimes on the wall, was that ifcuriosity makes life moreenjoyable then why don't wejust apply curiosity to tasks wedo not enjoy as much? But as Ithink about it I am wondering

what it takes to actuallybecome curious about a topic?Is that a choice that we havethe power to make or is ourcuriosity limited to ouremotional mind only?

Brea Talley (C)

The idea that we allow massmedia such as magazines, T.v ,movies and social mediainfluence and corrupt ourperception of what happinesstruly is. We know deep downwhat truly makes us happy butwe are partially in denial aboutwhat truly do make us happy .Or even slightly ashamed ofthe things that bring joy to ourlives. Society has fooled usinto believing what we need inorder to be gleeful . But inactuality no two people areexactly the same therefore notwo people will become happyoff the same two things. Whydo people pretend toexperience pleasure justbecause society says we aresupposed to and that it's theonly way to be happy ?

Adele Jarrett (C)

As many people, I too deemthat curiosity can lead to greathappiness. Now I sincerelywonder, why is the quote“curiosity killed the cat” sofamous?

Wyatt Shely (C)

Yes, curiosity breeds a multitude of lifebenefits from happiness and socialrelationships, to intelligence and health. This idea that curiosity is the main routeto happiness is quite easilyunderstandable, but the perplexingcomponent in my mind is that happiness

only results from curiosity, not viceversa. Is obtaining happiness fromcuriosity a one-way street? Or cansomeone experience happiness withoutany curiosity at all, and then be drivento curiosity from this attractive feelingof happiness?

Delanie Knight- C

I found this article really interesting onthe aspect that having more curiositycan make a person happier andhealthier. Honestly, I do not spendmuch time being curious; I don't evenknow what I'm curious about. How cansuch deep curiosities start when one'slife is overwhelmed with otherimportant events? Should one take timeout of their day just to think about theirinterests?

Troy Lake

I thought the article oncuriosity was pretty cool. Inever think about the benefitsof curiosity because Iam usually caught up incalculus. Although I thinkevery one should stay curiousto some extent, can having toomuch curiosity pull you awayfrom reality? I feel like havingto much curiosity will decreaseour ability to deceiver what wecan really achieve.

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