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> Curiosity isn’t simply what’s left after a complete education. It’s still there if the system doesn’t ruin it.

Yes, but also some people are shockingly incurious and approach academia and life through a depressingly hollow transactional lens from the beginning. Though if it was there to begin with, there's a good chance it'll be stripped away through the structuring of courses to be measurable first and intriguing second

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> some people are shockingly incurious and approach academia and life through a depressingly hollow transactional lens from the beginning

I feel like that's a result of prior bad experience. Noone goes into university, or even primary school a blank slate.

It's very easy to fall into a trap where education is transactional if that's what was modelled to you or that's how previous teachers treated you

I agree, but throughout those earlier steps as well, there's a sizable contingent of people who just never seem interested in asking "why" or "how"

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