No se puede decir de forma más clara, rigurosa y sencilla: antes que racionales, escépticos, emotivos, apasionados, compasivos o malvados, somos algo mñas elemental: somos curiosos. Otros animales también lo son, pero nosotros hemos hecho de nuestra curiosidad, a través de la investigación científica, la principal fuente de recursos para la supervivencia de la especie. Muy bien!!!
We are curious because curiosity gave our ancestors an evolutionary advantage: curious people knew where there were dangers, where to find food, where to find shelter. A curious person held a branch on fire rather than running away from it – not because she or he guessed it could come useful for cooking, for heating, or as a weapon or a source of energy – but because they were intensely curious about it. It’s our most useful instinct.
Curiosity-led scientific research is the collective embodiment of human curiosity. It is helping us to survive and develop as a species. The moment we stop doing it will be the beginning of the end for our species.
We must fight to enshrine social support for curiosity-friven research. That’s research we do because we want to know, not because we want to achieve something. That’s the type of research that will save our…
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Miguel Ángel Quintanilla Fisac 