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Why Einstein called awe the fundamental emotion

Summary by Big Think
When life feels overwhelming, Berkeley professor Dacher Keltner turns to one emotion he believes can transform everything: Awe. Through his research into vocal bursts, Keltner discovered that awe even sounds the same across cultures, including in some of the most remote regions of the world. He and his team collected stories of awe from 26 countries, identifying eight universal sources of this emotion shared across humanity, from moral beauty to…

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Big Think broke the news in on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
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