
#042 - Dr Mario Livio - What Makes Us Curious?
Modern Wisdom
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How to Encourage Curiosity in Children
There are things that one can do to enhance curiosity. One is to ask many questions, the other is to answer them in a particular way. Instead of starting with something that you think they should be curious about, start with what they are already curious about. For example, an example I like to give is that I don't know if that's true in the UK, but in the US, children of five, six are all somehow fascinated by dinosaurs.
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