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Why knowing almost everything makes you crave the rest

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Information gap theory turns human curiosity into an insatiable itch. Give a brain zero information, and it does not care. Give it 90% of the information, and it will aggressively obsess over the missing 10%, entirely incapable of resting until the absolute picture is completed.

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