Work in your curiosity zone - Deepstash

Work in your curiosity zone

Curiosity can be considered in terms of variations that exist within individuals, moment to moment. These variations depend on the interest in and knowledge of a subject.

Curiosity is unlikely when you know nothing about a topic or are very sure about a particular topic. However, you may be most curious about subjects that fall into a middle ground, where you know just enough to find it interesting, but not too much that it becomes boring.

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Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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