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Curiosity can also decrease likelihood of survival. See: saying about curiosity and cats. But as a species you might be correct.

• milkytron 11y ago
  I believe he is absolutely correct when it comes to curiosity increasing the likelihood of survival of a species (ignoring the species problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_problem). Because others learn from the curiosity of others as well as the one that is curious. Even if the occasional damage is dealt to a species through curiosity, the other members will likely learn and benefit from the mistakes previous beings have made.
  • bcook 11y ago
    Curiosity is good for the group, but perhaps not for the individual?
    • Joof 11y ago
      In evolutionary terms, this is all that matters. For individuals it's definitely a crapshoot.
• brianclements 11y ago
  In which case you can make a Darwinian distinction between a "clumsy" curiosity and a "cautious" one, with the cautious types eventually winning out.
  • linhchi 11y ago
    Hard to draw a line, because "curiosity kills the cat" is to say about a witty animal. Cat is surely wicked. But it gets killed.
• agumonkey 11y ago
  But that needs some science of curiosity.