If you are going to be curious, you had better be tough. Image: Pexabay.
Curiosity is one of those ordinary words that evolve from the accumulated wisdom of the ages. Turn it upside down and shake it and all sorts of interesting stuff falls out.
Macquarie University Associate Professor Maria Kangas, a psychologist who often works on post traumatic stress disorder, has been involved with a study on Australian attitudes to curiosity. It is certainly regarded as a virtue, as the data revealed that 84% of our population agrees with the proposition that ‘curiosity is important to an individual’s mental health and wellbeing.’