I don't disagree, but where do you draw the line from "curiosity" to "I'm letting the herd think for me and anything they dictate as interesting, I am a victim and I must investigate it because they said so"
As a developer, in my personal activities, I don't draw the line.
As a developer, in my work, I work with others to collectively agree to be on one aide or the other of the line. Even when we're retrospectively wrong. Sometimes, you can't know.
