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Signal is a standard term in game theory applied in economics and evolution.
It looks like "signal" essentially means "indicate credibly", then. In that case, it seems to me like we're trying to find methods of indicating curiosity, not of signaling curiosity, because I don't think we're specifically interested in methods that a non-curious person would find difficult to fake.
Then what about doing some research on the topic before answering a question and mentioning what you've found so far? That's difficult to do in a "live" talk in person, but on message boards, doesn't this constitute an unreasonable effort that a non-curious person wouldn't do?
At first, I thought you were saying I should have done more research before asking my question in the first place. :D
Yes, that does indeed sound like it would be a way of signaling curiosity.
In the context of this thread, that's a wonderful observation.
That pun was not intended.