Thoughtful Traveling - May 3 - Carlo Rovelli
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2019-05-03

Greetings Thoughtful Travelers! Welcome to today’s thought for May 3rd!  It’s by Carlo Rovelli, the Italian theoretical physicist and writer who was one of the founders of loop quantum gravity theory.  He was born in 1956.
“We are a species which is naturally moved by curiosity, the only one left of a group of species (the genus Homo)…which repeatedly went out of Africa in order to explore new worlds, and went far: as far, eventually, as Patagonia - and as far, eventually, as the moon. It is not against our nature to be curious: it is in our nature to be so.” 
So what are your thoughts on today’s quote? Here’s mine.

“That one and only surviving species is us, homo sapiens.  And, yes, we are still curious about the world.  Perhaps in ancient times, curiosity helped people survive, as their explorations enabled them to discover new food sources, more agreeable climates, and safer environs.  And, so, we spread out across the Earth’s surface.  Curiosity is ever-present in our genes, and it keeps us moving even when we have no compelling need to go any place in particular.  That makes us born travelers, as we go hither and yon seeking to satisfy our primordial curiosity.” 
Now…here’s the list of all the sources quoted in May.  I hope you’ll stop by each day to enjoy all the interesting and insightful things they have to say.  And leave a comment.  I’d like to hear your thoughts too.  Thanks, and see you tomorrow!
Dr. Stan McGahey