<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="3.10.0">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://zhengyehan.github.io/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://zhengyehan.github.io/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-04-04T21:16:51+00:00</updated><id>https://zhengyehan.github.io/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Zhengye Han</title><subtitle>Personal website of Zhengye Han, a Ph.D. student at New York University (NYU) advised by Prof. Quanyan Zhu. Research focusing on Game Theory, Multi-Agent Systems, Reinforcement Learning, and AI Safety.</subtitle><author><name>Zhengye Han</name><email>zh3286@nyu.edu</email></author><entry><title type="html">Curiosity, Science and Truth</title><link href="https://zhengyehan.github.io/posts/2026/03/curiosity-science-truth/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Curiosity, Science and Truth" /><published>2026-03-29T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-29T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://zhengyehan.github.io/posts/2026/03/blog-post-1</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://zhengyehan.github.io/posts/2026/03/curiosity-science-truth/"><![CDATA[<style>
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Recently, I have been thinking a lot about the relationship between scientific research, philosophy, and the pursuit of truth. Why do we do research? I think the answer is simple: curiosity. We have endless curiosity about the unknown and the truth we want to find.
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Because you are curious about what you are studying, you will always have new questions. This gives you a strong inner drive to push things forward. It is an interesting phenomenon. At the end of our meetings, my advisor sometimes says something very special instead of just "thank you". He says: 

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  "<strong>Thank you for your curiosity.</strong>"
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This phrase really touched me. Finding our "curiosity" and following it is the core of doing research. When you follow your natural curiosity, doing the work feels joyful and fulfilling.

When we were very young children, we did things simply driven by curiosity. Everything was new, and everything was fun. But as we grow older, the pressures of society and the need to make a living often wear this feeling away. Many people start doing things just because they "have to" do them, not because they want to.

However, as my research goes deeper, I realize that this pure, childlike curiosity is actually the ultimate key to the highest level of science. The secret to pushing something to its limit is already written in our basic human nature. It is just that social reality and so-called "maturity training" make many people lose their purest motivation.

If a person constantly complains about how hard and painful their work is, they probably do not truly love what they do. Because if you truly love your research, you will feel enjoyment. It is your passion and curiosity driving you. Even if it was not your job, you would still want to explore it.

This is true inner drive. When you have this natural motivation for your research, that is when you can reach the top of your field.

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  So, my friends, where is your curiosity? 
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