Photo by Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Many of us crave trivial details while ignoring much of the world around us. Research helps explain this selective curiosity by Tommy Blanchard is a cognitive scientist based in Massachusetts, US. He writes Cognitive Wonderland, a newsletter about the mind, science and philosophy. We are curious creatures. Not (just) strange, but eager for knowledge. We spend much of our waking lives seeking out and consuming information in some form or another: watching television, listening to podcasts, reading books or online articles, or prying the latest office gossip out of a co-worker. While some of this information is no doubt … Continue reading Why are we curious about some things and indifferent to others?