Comment on Use curiosity

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:02:31 GMT

I expect it's possible to learn to successfully simulate social curiosity, but not if one only understands it at that superficial level.

Rather than simulating social curiosity, have you considered trying to develop such curiosity? For example, you might right now pick a social situation that's coming up in the next few days, and set a five minute timer, and, during the next five minutes, write down as many questions as you can about one of the people who will be there. ("How is X's job going? Why does he tell those stories -- is it because he feels good about himself when people laugh? Because he feels awkward and doesn't know what else to say? Simple habit? ....")

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