Part 3 · Exercise 2 — The value of curiosity

THE VALUE OF CURIOSITY From our earliest years, human beings display a boundless ¹CURIOUS about the world, forever asking how things work and why they are as they are. Sadly, this precious quality is all too often ²VALUE in our schools, which teach us to accept information ³QUESTION rather than probe it. That is a great ⁴LOSE, for curiosity has been the ⁵DRIVE force behind almost every major human advance. The most celebrated scientific ⁶DISCOVER have sprung not from ready answers but from a single, nagging question. A curious mind is also a happier one, more resistant to boredom and ⁷SATISFY. Far from being ⁸CHILD, then, the simple impulse to ask 'why?' may be among the most valuable traits we possess.