Of course, the robot's story is primary, from the whys and hows of development, to interesting details and complications involved in the launch, to the tension of the final moments of Curiosity's arrival on Mars that was witnessed by people around the globe. And all this still manages to stay within the realm of understanding of a young elementary-aged child. Agnes has been encouraged not to question authority by her mum-but that's especially hard in religion class, where it bugs her that so much gets blamed on Eve and that God's always pictured one way. Fortunately, Agnes' anthropologist neighbour, Gracy, gets Agnes thinking after they rescue an opossum together. Playing dead didn't serve the opossum well, so maybe it's time for Agnes to start thinking for herself. And when Agnes learns that some cultures picture God as a female, she feels freed to think-and write-about things from new perspectives. As she and her best friend, Mo, encourage each other to… I was intrigued by the concept of an evolutionary origin driving human curiosity. Compared to other animals, it appears that humans possess a unique biological urge to be curious, to venture into the unknown. Some might say then that curiosity is a key trait of humanity: to be curious is to be human. Curiosity for the world within and outside ourselves has made the human body evolve, has helped the human mind expand, and our civilization thrive. Thanks to curiosity, the many unknowns that lie ahead can be seen for what they truly are, opportunities. Tweet me The transformative power of attention to bring life to seemingly mundane things gave me more than a pause, it opened a sense of possibility into discovering the enigma of ennui, while uncovering the novelty inherent in normal. Staying curious allows us to never be bored again.

When you let your curiosity speak louder than your fear, you make life-changing discoveries, despite the danger of stepping outside your comfort zone and onto new and unexplored territory. The second part of the book rehashes that material in ‘seven ways to stay curious’. The idea is to provide practical guidelines to develop and maintain a spirit of curiosity. Leslie seems to veer a bit from his initial position of relentless advocacy for epistemic curiosity in that he aims for a balance between the diverse and epistemic, hence for a cognitive investment in detail and the big picture, in the mundane and the abstract, in theory and practice. impossível absorver tudo deste livro, o autor é um incorrigível erudito. Para todos os assuntos abordados, Manguel o referencia com suas inúmeras leituras. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence (Hardcover)

Build the database. Eureka moments: they arise from the gathering and working over - the slow, deliberate, patient accumulation of knowledge. This book should be titled, “Philosophy explained through Dante’s Comedia.” The title made me think it would be more of an explanation of what makes us curious, how we foster curiosity, and the results of curiosity in our lives. Instead it was “How Do We Reason?”, “What Are We Doing Here?”, and “What Is True?” Fiquei com uma tremenda você de ler “A divina comédia”, livro que Manguel cita em quase todas as páginas deste livro. It has, to my eyes, an important flaw. The author argues that we need more information to think better, rather than skills to think better. While it gives some 'data' to justify this, it's clearly not the case. Several books, like superforecasting, indicate that collecting information is relevant but the way you precesses it is key. This was quite disappointing. It shows the problem of hyperspecialization at the intellectual level: taking ONE idea and using all data to justify it. Psychologists have come to realize that curiosity is not a monolithic trait. George Mason University’s Todd B. Kashdan, David J. Disabato, and Fallon R. Goodman, along with linguist and educational scientist Carl Naughton, break it down into five distinct dimensions: deprivation sensitivity, joyous exploration, social curiosity, stress tolerance, and thrill seeking. They explore which dimensions lead to the best outcomes and generate particular benefits in work and life. From Curious to Competent

There was a time when curiosity was condemned. To be curious was to delve into matters that didn't concern you - after all, the original sin stemmed from a desire for forbidden knowledge. Through curiosity our innocence was lost. Merak” kitabın bir bölümünün adı, yani kitap A. Manguel’in bu kitabı yazmasındaki en etkin faktörden adını alıyor. Bir yazarın hem duygu hem de akılla peşine düştüğü bilgi için gereken en önemli faktördür merak. Dante ve onun başyapıtı “İlahi Komedya”sını okuyup yorumlaması olarak tanımlanabilir bu kitap. Gerçi Manguel bir ateist olarak bu yaptığının zorluğunu belirtmiş başlarda. Eğer “İlahi Komedya”yı okumadıysanız “Merak”a hiç başlamayın, hem birçok konu ve düşünce havada kalacaktır, hem de 360 sayfalık bu kitap bitmek bilmeyecektir. Bu cümleden sonra İlahi Komedya”yı okuyanlar için kısa bir yorum gireceğim.Dante’ye eserinde Vergilius ve Beatrice rehberlik eder, bu kitapta ise Manguel’e Dante ve eseri rehberlik ediyor. “İlahi Komedya”yı okuduktan sonra eserde üzerinde durulacak 17 konuyu irdelemiş yazar. İlk bölüm kitaba da adını veren merak etmek üzerine. Şöyle diyor Manguel; Var olmak için hayal ediyoruz ve hayal etme arzumuzu beslemek için merak ediyoruz. Dante de yapıtında cehennem-araf-cennet yolculuğunda karşılaştığı lanetli ya da kutlu ruhlarla diyaloğa girerek, merakının onu hedefe götürmesini dile getirir, yani ölümlü Dante ölümlülük tecrübesini yaşamış olanlara sorular sorar. So-called progressive educational approaches (‘learning skills approaches’) are misguided. Traditional teacher-guided, fact-oriented learning - if well implemented - is more effective in putting in place a foundation for epistemic curiosity. “Anyone who stops learning facts for himself because he can Google them later on is literally making himself stupid”. Furthermore, progressive education ideas present themselves as anti-hierarchical, but in practice tend to entrench social hierarchies. The botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer faced early criticism of her work, which attempts to weave together modern practice and Native American knowledge. She is a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation. Photograph: Dale Kakkak Scientist believe that Mars was once a warm planet with rivers and even an ocean, but today it is cold and inhospitable. NASA wanted to know why there was a change, so Curiosity (amongst other rovers), was sent to investigate. It is the biggest treasure hunt in history with contesting nations involved in a headlong race to locate the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The executive search firm Egon Zehnder has found that executives with extraordinary curiosity are usually able, with the right development, to advance to C-level roles. But that development is critical: Without it, a highly curious executive may score much lower on competence than less curious counterparts. Egon Zehnder’s Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, Andrew Roscoe, and Kentaro Aramaki describe the types of stretch assignments, job rotations, and other experiences needed to transform curiosity into competence. For decades, film and TV producer Brian Grazer has scheduled a weekly "curiosity conversation" with an accomplished stranger. From scientists to spies, and adventurers to business leaders, Grazer has met with anyonewilling to answer his questions for a few hours. These informal discussions sparked the creative inspiration behind many of Grazer's movies and TV shows, including Splash, 24, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Arrested Development, 8 Mile, J. Edgar, and many others. Por fim, se tiverem encontrado, ou procurado, este livro de Manguel para saber mais sobre a curiosidade humana, aconselho antes a leitura de "Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It" (2014) de Ian Leslie. Alberto Manguel (born 1948 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-born writer, translator, and editor. He is the author of numerous non-fiction books such as The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (co-written with Gianni Guadalupi in 1980) and A History of Reading (1996) The Library at Night (2007) and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: A Biography (2008), and novels such as News From a Foreign Country Came (1991). Maybe you are still as curious as ever, but you would like to channel that innate curiosity into new ways to develop your self, your business, and your brand.Hello, friends! Our book today is Curiosity: The Story Of A Mars Rover by Markus Motum, a fun- and fact-filled look at the titular robot.

Be a thinkerer. Like Benjamin Franklin do both the experimenting and the thinking and the tinkering. Zurn and Bassett didn’t listen either – they escaped the narrow constraints of expectation and embarked on a meandering, half-decade expedition through the science and philosophy of curiosity. “It’s less, ‘here are all the answers,’” Zurn says of the book, “but rather an invitation to the reader to come along on the journey with us.” There are different types of curiosity: (shallow) diversive curiosity, (deeper, more disciplined) epistemic curiosity, empathic curiosity (about thoughts and feelings of other people). Diversive curiosity distracts; epistemic and empathic curiosity are forces that deepen the bond between the individual and the world, add layers of interest, complexity and delight to her experience. Everyone is born curious. But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning and discovering as they grow older. Which side of the ’curiosity divide’ are you on? The ability to stimulate curiosity, on the other hand, can save lives, as Scheherazade experienced in the 1001 nights she told cliffhanger stories that needed to be finished before she was ready to die. Obviously, as a mother and teacher, I focus on stimulating curiosity, rather than punishing it, as it is part of effective learning. That's the theory, anyway.

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The desire to remain curious is a human prerogative. If it hadn’t been for curiosity, I doubt our ancestors would have stepped very far from their caves. Let’s move you farther from your own “creative cave” with this reading list of best books about curiosity. years ago, a magnificent golden capstone sat at the peak of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was a source of immense power, reputedly capable of bestowing upon its holder absolute global power. But then it was divided into seven pieces and hidden, each piece separately, within the seven greatest structures of the age. Unlike some other Internet alarmists, though, Leslie does not damn the Web completely, but simply concludes that it's a wonderful tool for the truly curious, and a damaging distraction for those who either have little curiosity or only a superficial desire to be amused for seconds at a time. He also cites studies to show that, besides such character traits as resilience and determination, the biggest factor in future life success, according to some meta-analyses, is the acquisition of core knowledge. Rounded up because I liked the perspective of Curiosity. Also love the ending quote of the sixth-grader from Kansas who named the Mars Rover. Plus, the time line of Mars Missions was helpful and impressive.