Randall Munroe: Curiosity & Epiphany

Our curiosity is strongest, they found, when we have the chance to resolve uncertainty about something that is personally relevant to us, that demands our attention, and that has the greatest potential to lead to broader insight.

.. They even satisfy Loewenstein and Golman’s requirement for epiphany: while reading a specific narrative scenario, you learn about broader physics concepts that can satisfy other information gaps.