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250 - Awe - Dacher Keltner

You Are Not So Smart

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A Is the Feeling You Have When You Encounter Vast Mysteries

A is the feeling you have when you encounter vast mysteries that you can't make sense of with your current knowledge. Newton and Descartes, when they saw rainbows, they freaked out, they're awestruck. And then what I call saintly tendencies in this spirit of William James, that was his phrase that awe kind of makes us want to serve groups or collectives.

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