is there a word for...

[blameculture]

somebody who makes an effort to find something out rather than just asking somebody else? a bit like me now!
thanks

[anotheoldgit]

Researcher, maybe?

[freak_unique]

Independant? lol

[geo0939]

Empiricist?

[Shadow Man]

Sleuth?

Go-getter?

[Count_Emmup]

I am one those people - thus I am able to tell Freak_unique that it is spelt, "Independent".

The word you are seeking is probably scholar.

[Octavius]

Systematic investigator

[lankeela]

Nosey git

[andrea81]

thoughour (can't spell sorry)