Stuff To Blow Your Mind cover image

The Nature of Tears, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

00:00

Is Tea Awakening Our Emotions?

New born babies don't actually shed emotional tears. Most children create full tears between one and three months into their lives. The body could release all kinds of substances in response to powerful emotions, right? But this is the adaptation that our ancient ancestors somehow acquired. How did they acquire it and why? We can imagine beings that have complex emotional states at least on par with human beings who don't shed tears like we do.

Play episode from 28:35
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app