Curious People Are Strong People

Curious people are strong people. To quote Albert Einstein, “you need passion and curiosity, not talent, to stand out from the crowd.” Strong people are full of attention to the external world as well as internal strength. What sets these people apart is that they are always interested in the small details and focus on the big challenges in their lives.

Stephen Hawking noted that curiosity is “the will never to give up”. It means looking up at the stars, not staring down at your own feet. It means trying to better understand everything we see around us and pondering the existence of the entire universe. Thomas Hobbes has described this skill as “spiritual lust” and Victor Hugo as “a form of courage”.

There are many different ways to explain what curiosity is. It is based on learning new things and the development of humanity. Its main effect on children is to promote the psychological development of children and to make them radiate from one day to the next. Curiosity is like an engine that helps us maintain our enthusiasm to seek new information.

Curious people are different

What makes curious people so special? First of all, we would say that it is due to their characteristic to ask questions that no one else even notices asking.  For example, Isaac Newton was a physicist, astronomer, philosopher, mathematician, inventor and he even worked as an alchemist. There seemed to be no limits to his curiosity and curiosity. Thus, he developed the law of movement and invented the concept of gravity as a result of his famous Heureka moment, when an apple fell from a tree and hit him in the head.

Charles Darwin is another widely known example of boundless curiosity. One of his regular ways was to write various letters to scientists around the world. In the letters, he asked endless questions about plants, birds, insects, human behaviors, expressions, and emotions. Why did he send these letters? Because he just wanted to know!

These two examples are what researchers define as “knowledge thirst”. It is a very advanced form of motivation found in some people and defined through the following processes.

Curious people thrive in the face of new knowledge and discoveries

Curiosity is a type of motivation based on the perception of reward in learning psychology. It is the special feeling that a person experiences when he perceives something unexpected, finds an answer to a difficult question, or solves a difficult riddle.  Thus, a curious person is driven forward by a challenge or a long-running suspicion.

This is the same conclusion reached by researchers at the University of California, whose research can be found in English in the  journal Cell .  In his study, Dr. Matthias Gruber and colleagues showed that the brains of very curious people actually function differently. These people’s dopaminergic system has a higher intensity and more connections.

This shows how the brains of curious people at any age experience greater pleasure in the process of learning alone. That’s because their brains thrive during the process of finding an exciting response, which may include some insurmountable obstacles. The brain reward center and hippocampus are very active in these people.

Without curiosity, one loses the impulse necessary for life

Donald W. Winnicott addressed this topic as early as the 1950s-60s. He was a well-known pediatrician who later also became a well-known psychoanalyst. He noted that when a person loses his curiosity, the most important impulses of his life such as creativity, spontaneity and happiness will also gradually fade away.

Why is this happening? In Winnicott’s own experience, it’s because some people create a false identity for themselves. As a result, they become naturally frustrated individuals chained to their daily routines, unresolved problems, and traumas that are still waiting to be healed. The apathy of such people ultimately leads to them losing their bright and genuine self.

An unsatisfactory life dims anyone’s potential and at the same time fades his motivation as well as his mood and curiosity.

Rediscover your own curiosity

Every human being is creative and there are great opportunities in each of us that are just waiting to emerge. Our daily routines often weaken our lives because of how our culture works. By this we mean that society considers those people who challenge existing structures and habits to be dangerous to the survival of culture.

However, everything is better when you can open your eyes and senses and experience the world around you to the fullest. You need to think about what you enjoy and pursue it. What arouses your passion and interest? Wouldn’t it be great to see the world through your inner child and experience the same enthusiasm again when you find something new?

For example, you can use the search engines on the Internet to find answers to any question you have in mind. But the kind of answers you find through your own expeditions and experiences are far more valuable. You need to nurture your curiosity by exploring things, traveling to different places, meeting new people, and using critical and multi-perspective thinking. You should finally wake up and rediscover your motivation.

So look up to the stars, as Hawking advised. Heal your boredom with curiosity, just as author Dorothy Parker did.