83 - Dacher Keltner: The Science of Awe
Stanford Psychology Podcast
Is Awe Contagious?
Awe seems to be contagious from what I have noticed. When you feel awe around the world, people vocalize it. The physiology tells us that we have been evolving awe for a long time. Jane Goodall said that she observed awe in her chimpanzees and said, this is the beginning of the early stages of spirituality. If the soul is not in the body, where is the soul? And when you had that experience at a political protest, they feel like this is my soul and that's intriguing for psychological scientists.
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