Could you help out by firmly explaining what you see as the difference from “morbid curiosity”? Maybe exploring the failings of the closest neighboring term would give a good motivation for the new jargon!
When people say they have morbid curiosity they’re kind of implying that the curiosity itself is morbid, possibly because they’re taking for granted that the thing they’re curiosity is about is actually morbid, whereas kakistocuriosity is egosyntonic curiosity about things that are stereotypically bad.
Could you help out by firmly explaining what you see as the difference from “morbid curiosity”? Maybe exploring the failings of the closest neighboring term would give a good motivation for the new jargon!
When people say they have morbid curiosity they’re kind of implying that the curiosity itself is morbid, possibly because they’re taking for granted that the thing they’re curiosity is about is actually morbid, whereas kakistocuriosity is egosyntonic curiosity about things that are stereotypically bad.