Humans can definitely learn to become curious. This happens all the time in my introductory philosophy and religion courses, where students who initially showed zero interest in the subject develop a profound curiosity for exploring the "big questions" in life and how humans have responded to these questions throughout their history.

Humans can definitely learn to become curious. This happens all the time in my introductory philosophy and religion courses, where students who initially showed zero interest in the subject develop a profound curiosity for exploring the "big questions" in life and how humans have responded to these questions throughout their history.

I agree with Dr Kirk MacGregor

Dear Prof. Mazur,

this is an interesting question. I try to remain general, as curiosity applies to a wide spectrum of things. I think people become curious if something becomes relevant for them. This can also be something that they initially found boring. Once people learn something new (no matter whether they found it initially boring or not), people may develop a deeper understanding and this may enhance their curiosity to learn more about it).

Yours sincerely,

Rainer

I agree with Kirk MacGregor

Some people are more curious than others.

But education increase curiosity, definitely.

It seems to me that it is a mixture of both (phenomenon and learning)

I agree with@ Kirk MacGregor

Humans are curious social animals by nature; they can also learn to be so through training or experience.