People naturally want to make sense of their world. That, to Greenberg, is the essence of human curiosity. As they strive to answer questions that truly interest them, people are automatically motivated to use any resources that help them to address those questions. But the questions that interest one person do not necessarily interest another, and the resources that are helpful to one are not necessarily helpful to another. . Peter Gray
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In this quote, Greenberg is saying that people have a natural desire to be curious. In other words, people naturally want to find the answers to questions that interest them. In order to do this, people have a tendency to use whatever resources they have available. The resources might include information found in textbooks, the internet, education and so on.

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