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Keeping someone safely unconscious is a dangerous process with little margin for error. There's a good reason that anesthesiologists are so highly paid.
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Learning that your favorite childhood movie had a tragic production history or that a household item is secretly filthy can feel like a direct atack on your peace of mind. But science says that there are several psychological, social, and physical benefits of actively seeking out real-world knowledge — even the harsh truths.
First of all, some of these “fun-ruining” facts might actually save your life. We get so much of our information from social media, movies and TV shows, that it’s hard to separate fact from fiction sometimes.
For example, if you try to knock someone out with a tranquilizer or an object to the head (like they do in movies), you will likely cause permanent brain damage, put them in a coma, or worse.
Knowing this truth ruins the movie magic, but it also stops people from doing things that are incredibly dangerous.
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There is also a real payoff to just being a curious person.
A 2024 study published in the journal Neurology found that lifelong learning, such as reading, playing games, or picking up new skills, keeps your brain sharp as you get older.
The study showed that people who constantly challenged their minds delayed Alzheimer’s symptoms by an average of five years. Even when their brains showed physical signs of the disease, their minds still worked well because they had built up a strong mental backup system.
“There seems to be a societal expectation that adults are not supposed to be learning as much as children are… What if adulthood is one very long summer slide, similar to what students experience during summer break?” says Rachel Wu, PhD, an associate professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside.
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New facts can make for great dinner conversation, as long as you’re not afraid to bum your friends out a little. That’s a nice bonus on its own. But research shows it does more than that — it can actually reduce depression.
A study published in Health Economics found that an extra year of education led to an 11.3% lower likelihood of reporting depression symptoms, and a 9.8% lower likelihood of reporting anxiety symptoms.
These mental health benefits were even stronger among women and rural residents.
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Including me...
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Learning facts from around the world also changes how you treat other people. When you read about the lived experiences of others, it builds empathy and expands your worldview.
According to research, the more you know about the history, struggles, and daily lives of other people, the better your brain becomes at understanding them.
By actively looking for new facts and perspectives, you are basically training your brain to be more compassionate.
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He didn't even know where his son WAS for the first 4 months of the internship, let alone have to support him.
He also wasn't actually arrested for unpaid parking tickets, but for domestic violence.
The movie is basically capitalist bootstrap propaganda.
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Whether it was ancient storytellers, encyclopedia editors, Wikipedia contributors, or anonymous Reddit users, we all have the same instinct. We like knowing about things that make us wonder. We like passing them on.
And for some reason, we really, really like the weird and strange ones.
There’s actual research behind why this happens.
Studies show that curiosity comes from a gap in what we know. When we come across something that doesn’t quite make sense, our brain wants to fill in the missing piece. It’s strongest when we understand just enough to realize there’s more to learn, but not enough to fully explain it.
Strange facts give us just a slice of information which is enough to catch our attention, but not enough to feel complete. So we naturally want to know more.
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Edit: Carnivores by taxonomy, not by diet. They're supposedly omnivores with a preference for s****y, barely-sustaining leaves.
Edit 2: Wild pandas do not exhibit the traits I described. Unfortunately, there aren't many wild pandas.
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* Why didn't they just make *themselves* the secret-keeper for their house? Bill did it in book 7 with his ocean-side cottage.
* Regardless of how "safe" you feel in your presumably secret house, if the most powerful evil wizard wants to k**l you, why would you ever leave your wand more than a hand's grab away? Especially if you heard the door open when you weren't expecting visitors?
* If the said evil wizard is *inside your house* and your husband stays to try to fend him off to give you time, don't insult his life by *going upstairs and making a lot of noise*. Run out the back door. Try to go through a window. Go back into the living room and grab the f*****g wand.
>And along a new and darker street he moved, and now his destination was in sight at last, the Fidelius Charm broken, though they did not know it yet ... And he made less noise than the d**d leaves slithering along the pavement as he drew level with the dark hedge, and steered over it ...
>They had not drawn the curtains; he saw them quite clearly in their little sitting room, the tall black-haired man in his glasses, making puffs of colored smoke erupt from his wand for the amusement of the small black-haired boy in his blue pajamas. The child was laughing and trying to catch the smoke, to grab it in his small fist ... A door opened and the mother entered, saying words he cold not hear, her long dark-red hair falling over her face. Now the father scooped up the son and handed him to the mother. He threw his wand down upon the sofa and stretched, yawning...
>The gate creaked a little as he pushed it open, but James Potter did not hear. His white hand pulled out the wand beneath his cloak and pointed it at the door, which burst open...
>He was over the threshold as James came sprinting into the hall. It was easy, too easy, he
had not even picked up his wand ... "Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off!" Hold him off, without a wand in his hand! ... He laughed before casting the curse ... "Avada Kedavra!"
>The green light filled the cramped hallway, it lit the pram pushed against the wall, it made the banisters glow like lighting rods, and James Potter fell like a marionette whose strings were cut ...
>He could hear her screaming from the upper floor, trapped, but as long as she was sensible, she, at least, had nothing to fear ... He climbed the steps, listening with faint amusement to her attempts to barricade herself in ... She had no wand upon her either ... How stupid they were, and how trusting, thinking that their safety lay in friends, that weapons could be discarded even for moments...
Studies show that when people are curious, they actually remember information better. They not only absorb the info they were curious about in the first place, but they retain unrelated details they learn at the same time.
We actually spend a huge chunk of our lives doing exactly this.
We’re constantly feeding that need to know more, whether it’s through watching news or videos, reading articles, or going down internet rabbit holes.
Curiosity is also linked to how we make decisions, because this is what pushes both humans and animals to find different ways to figure things out.