This is the attitude of someone who's always learning, always looking for NewInsights, new ways to look at TheWorld (or LifeTheUniverseAndEverything).
There's an internal aspect - that is, how can I make sense out of this world, how can I understand it?
There's also an external aspect - how can we communicate with each other, where I can understand what you see (your MentalModel) and vice versa?
-JeffMantei 2000-11-21
See JustaStudent, optimistic sense.
Contrast with ProfessionalStudent --PeteHardie