Self-education (or autodidacticism) requires the utmost discipline – plus curiosity.
The project is aiming to create a Mario who "gets to know his own world" by becoming "aware of himself and his environment", enabling him to make his own decisions based on his curiosity, hunger, happiness and fear, as well as through voice commands delivered by a researcher.
Interestingly, as the numbers on the scales have fallen I have sensed a newfound respect and curiosity emerging from my peers.
"The macaque in the video is likely to have initially been acting out of curiosity and then perhaps alarm".
Her curiosity, passion and energy are unmatched, and I can't wait to see where she'll lead us next".
I had a sense of adventure and curiosity which deteriorates with age – it's a shame, but also life-saving.
Qualities such as energy, enthusiasm, flair, imagination, analytical skills, intellectual curiosity and "a reluctance to accept things at face value", are also crucial, says Baker.
It was like, when you know something as beautiful all your life and suddenly the whole world is looking at it and that gaze isn't necessarily a gaze of curiosity but something more negative, then you start to feel defensive about what you love.
I am full of curiosity, fear of missing out.
By far the most striking thing about him is his curiosity.
There's a similar lack of curiosity in the public arena into the recent career of Australian counter-insurgency figure David Kilcullen, offered fawning profiles in the press celebrating his apparent skills in defeating insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan while working for the Pentagon.
