Tuesday, October 13, 2009

The Chemistry of Information Addiction


From Scientific American:

A new experiment reveals why we always want to know the answer.


My mother is a more patient human being after having raised a child who incessantly asked, “Are we there yet?” That information, often out of reach for a frustrated toddler, carries with it a feeling of reward. The majority of us are all too familiar with the urge to know more about the future, whether it is an exam grade, an experimental result, or the status of a new job.

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