Exploration and Inquirers

First, I think it would be important to go into depth, the most apparent are real importance of inquirers today. The human race always needs people who search for the unknown, and people who go the distance even if they are told time and time again that "we have discovered all that we need to have discovered". Often times the people who don't listen to this saying are often remembered as discovering incredible things.

To start off, I think this video by Brian Cox really expresses many of the great things that can result from being always curious. While the video may be long, Brian brings up many important points about how society views being curious and or an inquirer.

So, while it may be a little wordy at times, and more space exploration centered, Brian's main point is that we need those inquirers, and we need to realize their value to the human race as a whole. One quote that I found really impactful from his TED talk is as follows:

"The argument has always been made, and it will always be made, that we know enough about the universe. You could have made it in the 1920s; you wouldn't have had penicillin. You could have made it in the 1890s; you wouldn't have the transistor. And it's made today in these difficult economic times." -- Brain Cox, 2010

It really is a harrowing thought, to think if people long ago had just stopped being curious. How can we justify discouraging curiosity when all human innovations were the result of this one, incredibly powerful, and human driving force.