Intellectual curiosity is a healthy appetite for truth, knowledge, and understanding. It requires that we want valuable knowledge, and express that desire at the right times, in the right ways, and from the right motives. (King, 2021 p.52)

Intellectual curiosity opens us up to see the world and ourselves in new ways. It pushes against assumptions and ingrained patterns and slows us down to wonder and be mindful. Being curious often leads to epiphanies in scholarship or deeper understanding of ourselves or others.