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Enneagram Type 5 Board Archive Re: independence, competence, tests, and going down to 8. god, i love 5s..Posted by Diarmuid on May 16, 2001 at 07:03:13: In Reply to: independence, competence, tests, and going down to 8. god, i love 5s.. posted by isaac on May 15, 2001 at 17:11:48: : curiousity throws a very interesting spin on all this. i've always basically accepted that curiousity is instinct, something common to all smart mammals, especially teh predatory ones. and it certainly does facilitate success. like nothing else in the world. but that's not my reason for being curious, i don't think. more than anything else, i think curiousity is just a part of my being, some sort of irreducable core. buried deep down there with hunger and sex drive. of course, it's certainly reinforced by the competence issues, since being curious makes you more able to do and understand more things. truly is sticky business. I can't see that. Sure, curiosity is great for the species, but for individuals it's almost always its own reward. While exceptions abound, curiosity and action generally don't mix, which is why incurious people do so well in the world. I think it's because success is so synonymous with singlemindedness, which does not sit well with the truly curious mind.
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