You're both wrong and not-wrong. Not-wrong in the sense that in practice most adults are not curious about 99% of topics out there. Wrong in the sense that hu

You're both wrong and not-wrong. Not-wrong in the sense that in practice most adults are not curious about 99% of topics out there. Wrong in the sense that humans are naturally curious. I've seen it now with kids. It seems to me that what happens through childhood is that not only are neural pathways pruned for efficiency, but curiosity is actively stifled and arguably totally destroyed in most kids, by adults. Coupled with adulthood time/money pressures, I'm not surprised that a large number of adults become completely intellectually inert, or worse, fully anti-intellectual.