When a one is born, one possesses a sense of wonder. As one discovers that stuff like fires burn the skin and blades cut the flesh, one learns to avoid this and that. Time passes...and the "knowledge" ossifies... Soon, there are "normal" things that one comes into safe contact with on a daily basis, with everything else being "weird" and to be avoided.
Adults lose their sense of wonder and innocent curiosity somewhere along their maturation. Present an adult with an example of prime weirdness and the adult may just seize up. Present a child with the same and you may just find curiosity.
Where did the difference come from? Apparently, when one grows up, one finds that the world is a serious, dangerous place. Everything strange and unknown becomes a threat of bodily harm...a spectre in the face of stability and all things orderly and good. What killed curiousity?
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