[sharkfish]

My father showed me how much faster hot water freezes in an experiment we did when I was a kid. How many of us owe our fathers for what seems to be innate curiosity now that we are adults :)

[maximilian]

I've done it a bunch of times and never had hot water freeze faster. How did you (or your dad) set it up?

[whacked_new]

And/or you inherited the curiosity trait.

[ars]

I fall on the side of nurture with regard to curiosity. _Everybody_ has "the curiosity trait", but in some environments it's discouraged: "Stop asking so many questions.", or "I don't know and why do you care?", or simply giving wrong answers.

[sharkfish]

Or the "prove your mom wrong" trait. That seemed to be his motivation, heh-heh.