Our Cabinet of Curiosities! WRI 153 S24 by https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi en-us 2024-03-25 16:19:35 UTC 2024-03-25 18:46:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932899414 the void -- the call of the void! only curious once you're near -- why? - Maya

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Asya

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  • navigating new environments

  • leading with the Id while putting aside Superego (Freud)

  • Relatability between readers vs author vs subject material

    • Shivani

    ]]>     2024-03-25 18:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932900014     Area 51 https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932900255 I honestly don't know much about area 51 but aliens are weird and since the government was supposedly being secretive about it I'm sure that only makes people more curious as to what they're hiding- Elijah

    ]]>     2024-03-25 18:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932900255     the writing sem unicorn https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932900410 this is an object of curiosity as students in the Curiosity writing seminar observe the animal and its unknown source and meaning creates a sense of wonder


    -madhalasa

    ]]>     2024-03-25 18:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932900410     Einstein's Brain https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932900628 Einstein's brain was carted around for years and cut up in 240 pieces despite him not wanting his brain or body to be studied. I am curious to know more about obsession with his brain, and behavior of the institutions that possessed it.

    ]]>     2024-03-25 18:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932900628     https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932901480 the bachelor is an object of curiosity because each episode comes out weekly and nobody knows how it will end even though it has already happened. Everyone has their own opinions and guesses about it and it divides the internet - sophia

    ]]>     2024-03-25 18:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932901480     https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932902655 The galaxies, Andromeda and Milky Way, are supposed to collide in 4.5 billion years. None of us are going to be alive but I'm curious to know what would happen after - Manya

    ]]>     2024-03-25 18:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932902655     superstition https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932902715 Why do people have superstitions? What makes these such powerful motivators that they can actually impact how people live their lives, despite no real reason for this to be the case.

    ]]>     2024-03-25 18:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932902715     Obsession over creating perfect cups of coffee https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932904445 Without real incentive, what instrinically prompts people to spend 1000s of dollars and countless hours researching how to make the best cup of coffee--a hobby with diminishing returns?


    -Palmer

    ]]>     2024-03-25 18:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932904445     https://padlet.com/lselinger/whl6til42ulo2rqi/wish/2932909608 The hereafter, much like the void and black holes, is an unknown place/state that cannot necessarily be observed or explored, and is among the few universal objects of curiosity. - Will

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