[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.