Wonder and Awe

Brain Lenses

Wonder and Awe

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Wonder and Awe

Colin Wright

Dec 07, 2021

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Brain Lenses

Wonder and Awe

We may experience a sense of wonder after encountering something awe-inspiring. "Awe" is often considered to be an emotionally neutral, but diminishing sort of experience or state—though not diminishing in the negative sense of the word. It's diminishing in the same sense that being decoupled from normal, everyday experience, and perhaps having one's sen…

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