Stay curious, but don't let it get in the way of my life.

This is a good leading principle. To put Wilde and Occam together, "the true mystery of the world is the visible when too many unnecessary assumption about things are made.

That's how gossiping spread, now in the form of fake news which of course are intentional and have a different purpose but it is amazing how in this day and age with so many technological devices that were supposed to sharpen our perception of the world, fix it for us to assess it objectively, etc, we can't still trust what is presented to us as unquestionable reality/truth.

We should remain skeptical, but we can't afford to waste time, energy and emotions on speculations that would lead us nowhere, unless we are artist and cannot part with imagination and creativity, the heart and soul of human innovation.