[jongjong]

To me curiosity is the most important trait. People who aren't curious seem empty, superficial and over-socialized. They lack a real identity. They seem almost unconscious to me.

I know they can grow out of it, I have seen it, but I don't have the time or energy for people at that stage of development.

[funklute]

Perhaps some meaning is getting lost in translation here...

If you mean curiosity as in academic achievement, then I think this is a deeply disrespectful way of thinking of other people.

If you mean curiosity as in having empathy for the people and world around you, and not being a narcissistic sociopath, then I probably agree with you.

But from what you wrote earlier, I get the impression you're talking about the former rather than the latter...

[jongjong]

Not necessarily academic curiosity but curious to learn things and capable of critical thinking. I also think there are many 'educated idiots' so education isn't everything. There are a lot of educated people who are good at repeating complex-sounding catchphrases like parrots when promoted with the right questions; that's not intelligence.