Why do you think curiosity is a by-product of passion?

Curiosity strikes me as being much more inate (and rarer) than passion. Passion is more about identification and emotion, then a decision to commit. With curiosity, you don't have a choice. Tom.

Thanks Tom - it was more a question as to why David thinks curiosity is a by-product of passion, as like you, I think curiosity is separate to the passion emotion. I agree that curiosity is something that occurs naturally (in-built survival mechanism) or is learned, however, I do think you have a choice as to whether you see your curiosity through or not. Some people are naturally very curious, others are not particularly, others are but are not brave enough/can't be bothered to see it through, whilst others learn from experience to be more curious...

good question -- I thibk if you are passionate about ideas and learning it fuels curiosity