I wish it devoutly - not from any unhappy desire for an afterlife to be better than this one, but from sheer curiosity.
Times, Sunday Times
Though many of these visitors fetch up at their destinations having been propelled by sheer curiosity, several arrive by accident or on business.
The Times Literary Supplement
Other reasons for colonizing space include economic interests, long-term scientific research best carried out by humans as opposed to robotic probes, and sheer curiosity.
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