What is Curiosity?

6 categories of scientific curiosity and how to use it to your advantage

Lenka Otap
Science and Philosophy
8 min readDec 1, 2020

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“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” — Ellen Parr

What is curiosity and how is it related to science and scientific thinking? Neil deGrasse Tyson said:

“When I think of…

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Lenka Otap
Science and Philosophy

Computer scientist and astrophysicist. Curious about life, the universe, and everything.