As children, I think we were all curious about our reality. In fact I'd say most of us actively tried to learn more about the mysteries of reality via the only we could at the time: asking questions. Asking questions about anything that didn't quite make sense. Children are known to ask question after question until they eventually questioned the framework of our knowledge, with questions like "Why does anything exist?" or "Why is this bad and why is this good?" In a way, most children are like mini philosophers. Unfortunately, a child's quest for knowledge is severely limited. Parents cannot answer or explain many of the questions kids have. And even if they could, a child's limited ability for complex and abstract thought hinders their ability to understand the answers to many of their questions.
You would think that as we grow older our curiosity and enthuasiasm for knowledge would increase. Our sources of information have vastly opened up and our more capable brains have equipped us to actually understand most of the information. It only makes sense that we would at least try to explore some of those questions we had as kids, rather than being satisfied with the "it just is" mentality. Unfortunately the complete opposite happens with most people. Even with increased access to knowledge and superior cognitive capacity, it seems age correlates negatively with curiosity. As we grow older we become more aware of some of the mysteries of reality, yet for some reason we become less inclined to seek answers. Ironic, isn't it?
Why do you think this happens? Some might say asking too many questions threatens the framework of our understanding of reality, which frightens some people. This could be true, and if so, I think it's very unfortunate that people are embracing ignorance for the sake of ignorance. Some people take it a step further than simply being apathetic towards learning more about reality; some people even discourage such thinking, claiming that it's acceptable to not want to explore the bigger, more mysterious questions of the universe. Essentially, such thinking is accepting ignorance.
So why do you think this happens? Obviously you can't read the minds of other people, but what about yourself? If you stopped being curious about the world as you aged, why? Did authority discourage you from asking questions enough until you eventually gave up? Also, when did this happen? When you were just a small child or an older teenager, or were you never curious about your reality? Were you scared that if you asked too many questions, it would threaten the very basis of your knowledge? Or did you never lose your sense of curiosity and you continue to ask questions today? I ask because I'm curious.
