topic: [[Thinking]] created: 2024-07-11 *I am the quest for new ways of knowing.* ##### what is it? Epistemic curiosity is the quest for new ways of knowing or new knowledge ##### why does it matter? Humans start out curious, yet our education and our [[Deciding]] processes create a sense of knowing. This sense of knowing extinguishes the flame of curiosity. Additionally, our brains believe we know more than we do, so we often are in a zone of [[unconscious incompetence]] as a novice. So we need to take active steps to stay curious as we grow, and stay humble as we experience. ##### This reminds me of [[epistemic humility]] and how do we know what we know in the [[ways of knowing]]. ##### What would the opposite argument be? How could it be possible to create a process for changing how you think? tags: #note/idea | #on/curiosity | #on/knowledge ##### Sources: Leslie, I. (2014). _Curious: The desire to know and why your future depends on it_. Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group.