For instance you might have wondered how much weight you lose with each breath. Converting O2 to CO2 means you're losing some mass of carbon each exhalation and that's a major channel for weight loss.
But not remembering much about chemistry, nothing comes of this. Another part of our lives remains shut off because its easier to ignore it.
Not terribly important I guess. But add up the thousands of times we move ahead without real information or curiosity, and our lives are diminished.
No, I'm not ready to be proud of how I lost most of my technical knowledge about the world, and how I blunder on in ignorance because its easier.
