Analyze/The collections of words produced by lexicographers, who also benefit from the contribution of linguists, define the nasty qualifying adjective as what is unpleasant or quite simply, what has a defect in our opinion because it must be said, value judgments are subjective, and they necessarily imply a choice or a particular point of view that not everyone shares.
If someone say, on the base of several experiences that something is bad, it’s because he has reasons to think so. But having this point of view does not necessarily mean that the other will have the same appreciation of the thing. It is at the level of this divergence of points of view that we find the “fault” or the element that does not achieve unanimity, and which is also defined by linguistic experts, as an absence of what is necessary or desirable.
Fault here is a masculine noun, which added to the qualitative nasty, translates a bad habit. Translating a bad habit by the use of this expression or this subjective value judgment, is to give a point of view in relation to something, or a particular habit. If it is curiosity which is a tendency which leads to learn or to seek to know known or hidden things, divergent opinions on the subject will always be the consequence of a set of subjective points of view or value judgments, which reflect either disgust, or approval, or maintaining the right measure depending on the circumstances because, if some people have reason to think that curiosity is bad, this does not mean that one should not be curious.
Something undesirable to some cannot only produce undesirable things. He who is curious seeks to understand or to know. The value judgment that can result from such an initiative always takes into account several questionable data which do not detract from the fact that curiosity in itself is a good thing. Indeed, according to lexicographers or specialists in the functioning of language, we must be curious and rigorous in what we have to do, to provide quality work. It is not only a question of being an expert in phonetics and etymology, but also seeking to know how the meaning of words evolves in society, and seeking to know and understand new words, in our societies which are spaces where words born, spread, to the point of becoming a habit which corresponds to a specific space which like many others, has a particular vocabulary, which is very often the consequence of a set of particular facts.
Curiosity is therefore not bad in itself. It allows work to be of quality in all areas of life. Indeed, teachers themselves have the habit of asking pupils or students to do their own research, to be curious or as linguists say, to be eager to know, and to know in order to be better equipped. We cannot know better and even less understand if we do not seek. Curiosity is good even if in certain circumstances, it can be called bad by some. But whatever happens, research should not be satisfied with little. Should we stop searching or being “too curious” because some people want us to settle for curiosity without superlatives that suits them? No! On the other hand, everyone must know their limits, and let those who have the means to go beyond continue the work, unless you yourself have the means to go further. It’s not just about hot or very sensitive topics. Even in the case of student research subjects, we must give ourselves the means to achieve our objectives. This involves being curious to produce better quality work. The same goes for carrying out projects or micro-projects. Even if someone who does not have enough means can stop at the financing level, the feasibility study and its multiple parts, namely the evaluation of strengths and weaknesses, and the evaluation of opportunities among others, require being curious. Whoever investigates in a subject, must give himself means to achieve many objectives which require to be curious, to produce a quality work.
Nothing is possible without curiosity. The objectives we set for ourselves always imply a desire to know which certainly does not satisfy everyone, but which are still necessary for us. When Men has a reason to think that what he does is good, and useful for his society, he can continue to show curiosity to achieve more specific objectives. Not getting involved in what does not concern us does not mean condoning injustices. We must denounce and condemn what must be condemned. And to get there, you need a critical sense which requires being curious, and setting limits that correspond to the means at your disposal. It is not a question of seeking to know hidden things at all costs, but of wanting to know, in order to produce quality work useful to society.
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