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Sudbury Valley student manage to learn without any deadlines. If you don't learn because you are curious and motivated to know something but because there's a deadline, you probably won't learn well.
These aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. You might be curious about something, but also e.g. constantly distracted by video games, with the deadline helping you to actually focus your effort and get started on the thing you're curious about.
I'm not aware of any research that says that intrinsic motivation is stronger than extrinsic motivation, so I would question your second sentence. However, your first sentence pretty much sums it up... why have the extrinsic motivation when the intrinsic works fine already?
I haven't said anything about strength of motivation.
I have said something about learning. Learning is about finding meaning in patterns. That works much better when you are curious.
Even if being curious doesn't increase the amount of time spent learning or the amount of focus you have during that time, it still builds a better fundament for learning in a way that produces lasting knowledge that you won't forget.
Makes sense, will have to think about it more.