Leslie Book Puzzles And Mystery

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“While we’re all born with the ability to ask questions, our ability to do so is unequally distributed.”(91) A direct quote from Ian Leslie book Curious, Leslie focuses on the ability we have to ask questions and the power that asking question hold in our development of knowledge. As one matures into an adult, the rate of which we ask questions tends to dissipate compared to that of a child. Leslies chapter Puzzles and Mysteries, focuses on the correlation between age and curiosity. “...we become content to fall back on our stock knowledge and mental habits we built when we were younger, rather than adding to or reserving it.”(32) As we grow older our arrogance gets the best of us, we believe there is nothing more for us to learn. Curiosity

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