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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from violet01]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from ND]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;If someone asks personal questions about your past, your plans, your likes and dislikes, that is an unambiguous sign of attraction.&quot;

...either that, or it's an unambiguous sign that they're from the Office of Homeland Security.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Webster]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Digal said, &quot;By the way, is a trimble a thimble sized tribble?&quot;

No, a &quot;trimble&quot; is a flat out, brain-dead spelling error. Like I said, I wasn't named after a dictionary. ;-)

Tribble42

PS: I guess that there is no point in telling you that my favourite singer is Joe !$%*!$% It would never make it through the gravel-voiced-singer filter. (Just kidding, Scott. I love your interface!)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Webster]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[By the way, Digal, my last post was an attempt at a Triple Lutz Pun. Sorry, I didn't land it very well.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Webster]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Digal said, &quot;Webster - Ok, my favorite character was Tribble #137 (you know, the cute one). I'm guessing you'd go with Spock, seeing that he had encyclopedic knowledge and you were apparently named after a dictionary. Was I right?&quot;

Nope. My favorite Star Trek characters are the Trimbles. We are in perfect harmony on that. Maybe we should get married? Can you operate a manual transmission? Just curious. 

I like the Spock character, but I can't really identify with his most salient characteristic. I'm an emotional wreck. 

And Webster is just my &quot;user name&quot;. I'm not sure why I chose that name. I get very anxious when I fill out online forms, so I think it was a panic reaction. My real name (my native name) is Joshiah. An apparently unusual name, but not so much if you know that my mother's first words when I exited the womb were, &quot;God help me&quot;. 

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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from jackmac]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[bla bla bla. Mindless blather.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Webster]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Digal,

I think you are onto to something. 

Maybe all posters should be required to answer those questions before they are authorized to make further comments on the forum. 

Better, maybe all posters should also be required to select a Star Trek character as their &quot;user name&quot; (I hate that expression, it makes me feel so ... exploited). First come, first served, of course. Late comers would have fewer and fewer choices. The last one in would be stuck with Gorn, Ruler of the Francophone Planet, Papier Mache.

Mind you, I may only be saying these things because I know the answer to your very good questions. I can be shamefully opportunistic sometimes. 

Webster/Trimble

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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Dalebert7]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[@Darren,

How do I sign up for these interviews?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Webster]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CURIOSITY

&quot;Curiosity ... It's a powerful thing&quot; Scott Adams

 &quot;Curiosity&quot; is a somewhat idiosyncratic, science-y way of describing it.&quot;  Macuga

 &quot;I have no special talents.  I am only passionately curious.&quot; Albert Einstein

&quot;You like Sandra Bullock ?!?!&quot; CurlyFatAngry

There is a significant diversity of opinion on this blog topic!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from macuga]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I don't believe curiosity is underrated at all. However, it's often known by other names, such as &quot;interest.&quot; &quot;Curiosity&quot; is a somewhat idiosyncratic, science-y way of describing it.

People feign interest in others all the time. They ask each other how they're doing, how their children are doing, how their weekend went, etc. The origin of the ritual is, as you say, the interest-attraction link. However, this sort of interest is faked so often that it's commonly understood to be mere politeness.

Guys trying to pick up women in bars will display a level of interest that goes beyond that. Again, everyone knows exactly why that is.

Fiction writers (and audiences) are well aware of the importance of cliffhangers. This is another form of curiosity-awareness.

Tabloid writers are likewise aware.

In short, I think curiosity is a pretty well-understood phenomenon.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Webster]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Darren said, &quot;When an interviewer starts asking personal questions about you out of curiousity, it's not really a good thing. You might get laid, but not the job, I've found.&quot;

Darren, I don't know about the rest of the folks, but I want hear a LOT more about this problem you have experienced. ;-)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Darren]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[When an interviewer starts asking personal questions about you out of curiousity, it's not really a good thing.  You might get laid, but not the job, I've found.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from JonahGibson]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Interesting new ways to think about the paltry few interviews I have been getting in my job search. Apparently no one is interested...and apparently, neither am I. Details at:
 http://daysoflivingaimlessly.blogspot.com/2010/02/day-15-thursday-first-interview.html]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from JoetheWebmaster]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Consciousness may have started as the result of mind altering fungi or plants. Hence the ever popular religious analogy with Adam and Eve, the apple (fruit of consciousness) and the garden (animal ignorance, ignorance is bliss). Where do you think the talking snake came from lol.

Nothing scientific about this just fulfilling curiosity with a bit of comical mental master-bation ;)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from ECaruthers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Of course we're curious about much more than people.  And curiosity often preceeds liking.  E.g., about the time the 3rd Harry Potter book was published, I saw some stories about the unusual popularity of the series and bought the first book.  After a chapter or two, then I was enthusiastic.  Similarly, learning something interesting about someone may spark curiosity and learning more and, ultimately, liking.

So, why are we curious about some things and not others?  Why are some of us more broadly curious than others?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Krimety]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm honestly curious about many of the different topics that I see you bringing up, but I don't want to have any stalking charges brought on me or anything.  Does this curiousity  that I'm feeling have any hidden meanings that need to be explored, or should I simply appologize for my insultting and unsolicitated curiousity and send my bribe ... I mean fine to the usual PO Box?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Robinson_Weijman]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Related question: what makes someone likeable?
 - like ourselves?
 - vulnerable?
 - attractive?
 - ... ?

In other words - what do Sandra Bullock and Harry Potter have in common?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Webster]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[@ Webster, whats the difference between us and animals really?

Bog standard curiosity when encountering something new = can i eat this or shag it? (or both)

..........................

Beyond being followed by a very funny line, that's a good question!

I think the difference is that we are likely the only animal that has a &quot;conscious mind&quot;, therefore creative and curious. 

Sometimes an non-human animal appears to exhibit curious behaviour -- such as examining something to determine the answer to a hard wired question like &quot;Can I eat this?&quot; &quot;Can I have sex with this?&quot;

But I don't think that is the sort of &quot;curiosity&quot; we are talking about here. We are talking about much more complex behaviour, and more complex questioning. &quot;Hmm. This appears to be, technically speaking, something I could eat. But I wonder if I could convince it to have a bit of sex with me before dinner --- because I'm feeling quite !$%*!$%*!$%*!$%*! note that I am not saying that human beings are not animals. All I'm saying is that we are animals with a difference -- and that difference may be what we call the &quot;conscious mind&quot;.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Stui]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[@ Webster, whats the difference between us and animals really?

Bog standard curiosity when encountering something new = can i eat this or shag it? (or both)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Webster]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[That should read ... &quot;insatiably h o r n y&quot;]]></description>
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