Why we're interested in the things we don't understand

                Have you ever thought why we’re so interested in the things we don’t understand? Why do we yearn for more information than we’re already given? Why aren’t we satisfied with what we already know? I think we as humans like to be informed. I personally know that if there’s something I don’t have the answer to or if I’m confused about it then I get on my computer and research until I get the information I’m looking for. I think curiosity is the same reason why we go to school, why we travel. We go to school because we have an interest in something but we don’t fully understand the complete concept of the field of study. We travel because we want to know what else is out there. We know that there are things that we don’t have the answers to, and no one has the answers to it. However, we want to why things are the way they are.

                Everyone has different things that interest them. Personally for me, I don’t necessarily find zombies, and ghost interesting. They’re not things that I would really want to know more about. However I’m more into knowing more about businesses, products, and things of that nature. When I get a product that I don’t know much about, I start researching it so I can start to find out more. I want to know what attracted me to that product, how did I come to find out that product exist. I recent bought this new face wash kit. The face wash didn’t work for me at all, nor did I think I really needed it. So I went back and thought about why I bought the product in the first place. What did I see or what was said about the product that made me attracted to it. Turns out, I found the product appealing based off how it was marketed. I found that the way things are presented to us determine the things we buy. When I see a newly successful celebrity or business professional, I start researching to find out how they got to where they are. I always wondered if two celebrities are equally talented, or even one more talented than the other why do we gravitate towards one of them more. I found that we support celebrities and the things they do based off how we feel they appeal to us. Do they have a story we can relate to? Are they from our same town?  I guess it stems from my interest in marketing and PR.

-          Ryan Harper