Hook comments on Open Thread: March 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Hook 08 March 2010 06:47:26PM *  1 point [-]

Does anyone have a good reference for the evolutionary psychology of curiosity? A quick google search yielded mostly general EP references. I'm specifically interested in why curiosity is so easily satisfied in certain cases (creation myths, phlogiston, etc.). I have an idea for why this might be the case, but I'd like to review any existing literature before writing it up.