The Wordless Place
Radiolab
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Uncertainty and the Unknown
Uncertainty, it has been shown, is more painful than certain physical pain. Neurologists say we are wired to fear the unknown. But what if they are all wrong? What if that fear only starts with the advent of words? Perhaps it is our words that transform the hulking unknown from friend to foe. With each word comes a false assurances that you know how it will behave. We have the corona totally under control now - and maybe i'm wrong. He's still got no word for sicata. That night in the bath so many moons ago, the light gave off its last indigo sparks,. I heard it only as a mother ad 11 years ago when
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