Question 1

Who was Kanzi?

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An ape who taught himself symbols

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A chimp who failed at language

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A dolphin trained for speech

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A gorilla in a zoo experiment

Question 2

What was the goal with Matata?

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Teach symbols on a keyboard

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Use rewards to train tricks

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Train her to use spoken English

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Teach her math with objects

Question 3

What did Kanzi do at age two?

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Used the ‘chase’ key deliberately

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Built his own toy keyboard

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Pressed random keys only

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Copied his mother’s exact actions

Question 4

How did Kanzi compare to humans?

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Matched skills of a 2.5-year-old

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Matched skills of a teenager

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Could not match human skills

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Exceeded skills of adult humans

Question 5

What grammar skill did Kanzi show?

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Made his own rules creatively

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Learned only single words

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Ignored grammar completely

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Copied human grammar exactly

Question 6

What question did Kanzi never ask?

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Who am I?

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Where is my mother?

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Can I eat more food?

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What game is next?

Question 7

What urgent thought woke John Lloyd?

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Who am I?

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Where is my career?

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Why am I unhappy?

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What show do I make?

Question 8

What was Lloyd’s job?

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TV producer and director

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University professor

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Advertising lawyer

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Cognitive scientist

Question 9

What shows did Lloyd produce?

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Blackadder, Spitting Image

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Friends, Seinfeld

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Doctor Who, Fawlty Towers

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The Office, Extras

Question 10

What awards did Lloyd win?

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BAFTAs and Lifetime Award

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Grammy and Emmy

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Pulitzer and Booker

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Nobel Prize and Oscar

Question 11

What crisis hit Lloyd’s career?

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Failures and depression

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Instant global fame

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Retirement happiness

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Huge rise in success

Question 12

How did Lloyd cope differently?

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Read and walked daily

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Started therapy

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Bought a sports car

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Left his wife

Question 13

What did Lloyd realize in depression?

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Felt he knew nothing

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Thought he knew everything

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Claimed books were harmful

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Believed knowledge was useless

Question 14

What painting sparked Lloyd’s varnish interest?

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Caillebotte’s workmen

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Picasso’s Guernica

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Monet’s Waterlilies

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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Question 15

What idea came six years later?

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QI quiz show

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Teach at a university

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Start a new sitcom

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Create a novel series

Question 16

What is QI?

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BBC show on interesting topics

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A research lab in Oxford

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A U.S. talk radio program

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A book on psychology

Question 17

What does Lloyd call the “fourth drive”?

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Pure curiosity

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Search for power

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Need for shelter

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Desire for food

Question 18

How has curiosity often been seen?

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As poison or distraction

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As the best talent

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As the key to virtue

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As the path to wealth

Question 19

What shift happened in Enlightenment?

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Curiosity was encouraged

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Faith replaced curiosity

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Curiosity was banned

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Curiosity ended

Question 20

What term describes today’s economy?

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The Great Stagnation

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The Digital Surge

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The Great Expansion

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The Curiosity Boom

Question 21

What do employers now want?

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Problem solvers who learn

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Staff who copy leaders

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People who avoid questions

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Workers who obey orders

Question 22

What does NFC stand for?

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Need for Cognition

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Natural Feeling Cycle

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Neuro Focus Control

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New Fact Curiosity

Question 23

What do high NFC people enjoy?

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Complex mental challenges

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Easy repetitive tasks

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Following shortcuts

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Avoiding thought

Question 24

What do low NFC people prefer?

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Simple problems

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Long hard puzzles

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Deep analysis

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Endless reading

Question 25

What’s the risk of suppressing curiosity?

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Hinders progress

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Reduces mistakes

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Builds obedience

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Improves order

Question 26

How did Lloyd overcome depression?

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Through learning

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Through ignoring books

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Through gambling

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Through quick success

Question 27

What does “the closer you look…” mean?

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Deeper inquiry reveals interest

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Looking ruins enjoyment

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Shallow looks are best

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Close views are boring

Question 28

What role did books play for Lloyd?

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Sparked curiosity

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Caused stress

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Wasted his time

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Brought him sadness

Question 29

What universal human drive is noted?

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To make sense of the world

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To reject learning

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To avoid curiosity

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To seek endless wealth

Question 30

What scale measures curiosity?

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NFC scale

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IQ scale

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SAT scale

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GPA scale

Question 31

What do high NFC people often feel?

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Satisfaction solving problems

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Fear of effort

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Boredom with challenges

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Stress from learning

Question 32

What group behavior reduces effort?

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Social loafing

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Mutual curiosity

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Team bonding

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Group synergy

Question 33

How do high NFC act in groups?

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Generate ideas equally

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Contribute less effort

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Distract with games

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Avoid ideas entirely

Question 34

What is diversive curiosity?

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Restless desire for novelty

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Avoidance of new things

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Discipline in study

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Deep focus on one idea

Question 35

What is epistemic curiosity?

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Deeper disciplined inquiry

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Curiosity without effort

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Shallow playful interest

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Ignoring big questions

Question 36

What can unchanneled diversive cause?

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Wasted energy

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Deeper learning

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Clear insights

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Focused knowledge

Question 37

How do digital tools affect curiosity?

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Weaken deep inquiry

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Stop quick answers

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Strengthen effort

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Always deepen thinking

Question 38

What’s the risk of incuriosity?

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Life feels dull

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Curiosity grows stronger

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Life feels exciting

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Knowledge spreads fast

Question 39

What does “Tell me” signify?

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Desire to explore

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Command to obey

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Demand for food

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Call for silence

Question 40

What is empathic curiosity?

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Understanding others’ feelings

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Seeking new toys

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Avoiding empathy

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Focusing on oneself

Question 41

How is curiosity contagious?

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Grows through social contact

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Depends only on books

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Stays isolated in individuals

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Always fades with time

Question 42

What negative view exists of curiosity?

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Seen as weird or academic

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Praised as always useful

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Treated as a job skill only

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Celebrated by all leaders

Question 43

What is cognitive reserve?

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Brain’s resistance to aging

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Curiosity about knowledge

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Reserve of memory tricks

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A savings of brainpower

Question 44

What did Robert Wilson’s 2013 study show?

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Reading slows decline

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Writing speeds dementia

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TV prevents decline

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Games cure memory

Question 45

What did Aristotle call curiosity?

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The desire to know

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The love of wealth

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The need for fame

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The urge to sleep

Question 46

What happens if curiosity isn’t fed?

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Loss of desire to live

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Brain gets healthier

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Society advances more

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More curiosity grows

Question 47

What is the danger of elite-only curiosity?

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Most lose deep thinking

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All learn equally

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Elite thinking spreads widely

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Everyone gains curiosity

Question 48

What’s the author’s hope for their child?

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Curiosity never fades

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Stop asking questions

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Avoid curiosity

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Focus on grades only

Question 49

What is valued in learning?

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Learning for itself

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Learning only for fame

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Learning only for jobs

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Learning only for grades

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