I'm not the above poster but I think its an innate tendency to understand how things work, down to the lowest possible level. I find myself doing this when lea

I'm not the above poster but I think its an innate tendency to understand how things work, down to the lowest possible level. I find myself doing this when learning a new language, wanting to understand how the internals of something work. From a psychology perspective (of which I don't know more than psych 101), it also could be about an "alpha-geek" hierarchy. This probably comes from a desire to be the smartest in the room on <<topic>> which often happens in geek circles, right? Don't we often get into the "I started coding at 6", "I used a mainframe", etc. one-upping. Also known as establishing dominance.