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the brain's reset button, pressed every time the universe outsizes your assumptions.
means To feel astonished curiosity at something marvelous or puzzling, or to ask oneself a question one isn't sure can be answered.
from From Old English 'wundor,' a marvel or miracle, with cousins across the Germanic languages — Old Norse 'undr,' German 'Wunder.' Its deeper root is lost, which is fitting for a word about the inexplicable: even etymologists are left wondering where it came from.
- shrinks ego
- Awe literally makes people feel physically smaller
- slows time
- Wonder stretches perceived time, fighting life's blur
- boosts kindness
- Awe-struck people give more and cheat less
- ancient root
- From Old English wundor, meaning marvel or miracle
- curiosity engine
- Drove every question that built modern science
colossus of rhodes — 108-foot bronze statue built in 280 bc on the greek island of rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
great wall of china — 13,000-mile defensive structure built over 2,000 years across northern china, listed as one of the new seven wonders
taj mahal — marble mausoleum built in 1653 in agra, india by mughal emperor shah jahan, named one of the new seven wonders in 2007