How Awe Changes You
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6 жыл бұрынWhether you get it from standing on the top of Mount Everest or watching a video about the size of the universe on SciShow Space, awe can be a powerful, transformative emotion.
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@microbuilder 6 жыл бұрын
When I was around 6 years old, my neighbor set up his telescope and showed me the moon and stars and explained the immense vastness of space...it was overwhelmingly awe inspiring...been looking up ever since.
@mowskii5791 6 жыл бұрын
microbuilder Space is so cool... I remember looking through a telescope for the first time and seeing the Pleiades Star cluster and it just looked so surreal... I mean, it's just like the pictures!
@1MarkKeller 6 жыл бұрын
My dad did that for my brother and I. First he took us to the planetarium several times, then he got us binoculars and then he bought us a telescope ... I still have the telescope.
@urmumzknt 6 жыл бұрын
I bought a telescope a few years back and while messing with it, I managed to point my scope on Jupiter (didn't know it was Jupiter, just thought it was a really bright star). It actually brought tears to my eyes. Probably the most awe-inspiring moment of my life.
@limiv5272 6 жыл бұрын
Samar Nadra - Maybe that moment of awe just happened when you were too young to remember, and that's why you also don't remember getting the telescope, just having it
@CailinRuaAnChead 6 жыл бұрын
microbuilder you and me both (except I found my dad's star map and then he showed me the real ones in the sky)
@Master_Therion 6 жыл бұрын
DFTBA: Don't forget to behold awe.
@DemonXeron 6 жыл бұрын
This made me chuckle far more than I care to admit.
@tomscisci7331 6 жыл бұрын
Oddly awe-inspiring, the world of the dinosaurs... I maybe listened too long to Symphony of science...
@montialarson 6 жыл бұрын
I have chronic pain in all of my body. From my experience, the more interested, curious, or amazed I am at something, the more I'm distracted fro m my pain. If I'm watching a really good movie, or taking photos of nature (which I love) the less I am focused on my pain.
@DemonXeron 6 жыл бұрын
I might just be a nerd, but the first time I saw an automatic pipette, I think I was a little awestruck then :)
@DemonXeron 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks SciShow Psych. You have helped me turn one of my curiosities into one of my interests. I have not been able to do much with this information as of yet, but thanks to you I am much better informed in the ways of the mind. Even though the mind is a vast and curious thing nobody really understands, you capture what we do know well in short informative videos which I am sure help keep the viewers in the know as well :)
@sirawesomeness7543 6 жыл бұрын
Especially the micropipettes that are strong enough to pick up specific macromolecules! I fangirled when I watched chromosomes getting extracted directly from a nucleus!
@mashafalkov 3 жыл бұрын
@@sirawesomeness7543 Whoa, I had no idea that they made them that precise now!
@sirawesomeness7543 3 жыл бұрын
@@mashafalkov turns out the way you make them is by heating up a glass capillary and stretching it incredibly thin then snapping it at its narrowest point and you can get a tip that’s literally as small as chromosomes! Learnt that diy trick in biochemistry
@blairinsertlastnamehere3140 6 жыл бұрын
They missed the chance to name the chanel psy-show
@ElynevanOpzeeland 6 жыл бұрын
~true
@lankarddkl8722 6 жыл бұрын
Learning English I always found weird that "awesome" and "awful" are so similar, since their meanings are pretty much opposite.
@ragnkja 6 жыл бұрын
"Terrible" and "terrific" are also antonyms with a shared root.
@asho345 6 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure awful can be something good or bad. That's how I use it anyways.
@preciousbees5721 Жыл бұрын
@@ragnkja I love the terrible/ terrific example. Thanks for that
@aknightthatsaysnee5259 6 жыл бұрын
Positive awe: a Rush concert, especially my first Rush concert, especially the Neil Peart drum solo. Moving Pictures tour, I remember it to this day. Saw them three times total.
@a.g.5838 6 жыл бұрын
Stuck in a constant and overwhelming state of "awe" since Nov. '16...
@skiddzie9291 3 жыл бұрын
Shut up lmao
@loley975 6 жыл бұрын
I'm often in awe when I'm looking at the nightsky *_*
@thstroyur 6 жыл бұрын
LOLey Don't forget the daysky, comradovsky
@knerf999 6 жыл бұрын
I feel recurring awe when there are those absolutely gorgeous clouds.
@BrnBear 6 жыл бұрын
I was in Oregon during the eclipse, some of my family cried out of awe
@clairm6177 6 жыл бұрын
i think LSD is like a big dose of awe. it makes the world extremely beautiful and awe-inspiring, and it makes you learn things that feel important
@udtheaesir 6 жыл бұрын
I agree with this.
@1ulOarecare Жыл бұрын
I felt awe many times, not just under the effects of DMT, but because in my language, there is no similar word, I couldn't tell others how/what I feel. Wish you all, lots of awe moments
@BariSaxGod25 6 жыл бұрын
I once saw the Central Washington University Wind Ensemble play a half hour symphony. There were so many unusual effects used to create so many different emotions, including awe. There was a point when the clarinets played just their barrels, and mimicked crying babies, and all those things left the audience so awestruck that half of us were laughing, and half were crying.
@embersinmoss 6 жыл бұрын
I saw an incredible sunrise recently. Filled my whole place with warm light when I opened the blinds. Watching the sky change colours, seeing the orange orb peeking over the treetops, and my place lit up like that in that golden glow took my breath away.
@elanianiyvwia8687 6 жыл бұрын
Love it when science tells us something we already know. If you’ve ever felt awe you already know this stuff.
@farawaywayfarer7685 6 жыл бұрын
I’m in awe of this video. Absolute unit.
@EnzoDraws 6 жыл бұрын
Where is Muscle Hank talking about his awesome muscles?
@ariffe 6 жыл бұрын
Enzo Muscle Hank comments on SciShow, not SciShow Psych
@EnzoDraws 6 жыл бұрын
Ariff Carey what, he's afraid of brains or something?
@KerriCz 6 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I'll just be going through my day minding my own business and then glance up at the sky and all of a sudden it hits me that there's billions of light years out there and it's like my brain gets so overwhelmed that I'm just like ??? but it's an amazing feeling, too.
@tomscisci7331 6 жыл бұрын
This video is awe. Just woah. And continue that information stream that makes us be awe.
@XantroyX 6 жыл бұрын
"Awe" some!
@ConnorStoehrD 6 жыл бұрын
That's the best thumbnail I've ever seen.
@You_work_tomorrow 6 жыл бұрын
Maybe this is why people say psychedelics have changed their lives because it changes their ordinary surroundings to awe inspiring surroundings? Thoughts?
@asho345 6 жыл бұрын
Jeff Peng Yes, that's accurate.
@aliceignis 6 жыл бұрын
I never tried it, but I gues so (at least when it comes to artists and spiritual people). For me the word is full enough of things that make me awe, so I don't need psychodelics ;)
@uss_04 6 жыл бұрын
Two Words: *Mind* *Blown*
@apple54345 6 жыл бұрын
Hank, you need to narrate everything, everywhere, always. You're the best, bruh.
@juliantibana7657 6 жыл бұрын
I'm in awe at the size of this lad. Absolute unit
@uss_04 6 жыл бұрын
I’m in Awe of Hank’s Haircut
@FelizaEstrada 6 жыл бұрын
Awe is what I experience every time play in the symphony. I love it!
@AbdulWahab-nq6qt 6 жыл бұрын
this video made me awe-struck
@makeupbyushna3085 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@horseenthusiast1250 4 жыл бұрын
"Like a redwood tree" yeah, having lived in Humboldt my whole life, I forget that redwoods are big...idk, they're just so normal to me, and other forests look so small!
@LePedant 6 жыл бұрын
I was awestruck by that ridiculously small man next to that tree. I bet he is always cold being that small.
@bingingyt532 6 жыл бұрын
so actually a scientific term for "mindblown"
@KimberlyLetsGo 6 жыл бұрын
Driving out of the forest in Flagstaff and then the Grand Canyon opened up right before us. I learned what real awe was. I feel guilty now saying something is awesome because nothing has been even close to the feeling of awe at the Grand Canyon.
@shadowhegog9798 6 жыл бұрын
In awe at the size of this knowledge. Absolute unit.
@noormomani6887 6 жыл бұрын
might be one of the best videos of u guys!!!
@4wolves239 4 жыл бұрын
I felt genuine awe when I watched that baby tardigrade hatch on microcosmos! the fact that I , not a scientist, does not own a microscope, can just sit and watch that on a peice of technology on a platform where we can all share anything we want with the entire world just idk how to explain it besides awe.
@nikitam2312 6 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! Thank you for researching on this
@Zeithri 11 ай бұрын
I got a taste of the overview effect when I played an old pc game.. uh.. at the moment I can't recall it's name.. Hellwinder or something.. But it blew me away that you could fly out into the upper atmosphere and see space. I guess that filled me with a sense of awe.
@antiisocial 6 жыл бұрын
That's awesome.
@KingOfGamesss 6 жыл бұрын
I am in Awe of this video...I have been Awestrucken, stricken, struckened...strickened? STRUCKED!...............struck......strike
@ddylansslingsby8988 6 жыл бұрын
existential awe
@macmurfy2jka 6 жыл бұрын
"The flavor of awe" Sounds like a mid century surrealist play or something.
@maattthhhh 6 жыл бұрын
I guess one other way of explaining awe is when you subconsciously compare the subject to other things related to it. Like how a song in your phone pales in comparison to the sound and feel of a live orchestra. You recognize it as noteworthy, filling you with feel-good chemicals. The opposite can be said about feeling awe about something so ominous, like a large invading army marching your way. You admire the force, but also dread it as well.
@ShobhitVashistha 6 жыл бұрын
not to be confused with aww... the feeling you get when you experience something cute
@TheGFeather 6 жыл бұрын
Dude, NO EDGE!
@megashley1963 6 жыл бұрын
+
@tomscisci7331 6 жыл бұрын
And no black hooles!
@jolenesnow1032 6 жыл бұрын
+
@huniflasheu4879 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@brookeconsole5719 6 жыл бұрын
Baby animals instill me with a sense of "awwwwwwww"
@RickySTT 6 жыл бұрын
OK, this video provoked an unexpected emotional reaction in me. I experienced *two* category 5 hurricanes two weeks apart last September, and there was plenty of negative awe to go around.
@louismacleod3342 6 жыл бұрын
awesome vid. thanks
@RosheenQuynh 6 жыл бұрын
This was an awfully awesome video
@l0g1cseer47 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome one!
@leorospigg5256 6 жыл бұрын
That's awesome
@feynstein1004 6 жыл бұрын
What about aww? That changes your brain too :P
@poochproductions 6 жыл бұрын
And time flies when you're having fun. And a watched pot never boils...
@gcruz2293 6 жыл бұрын
This is good. Hope you do one on getting overwhelmed 🤣
@mybubbles5552 6 жыл бұрын
The dude in the thumbnail looked like his dog just ate his favorite chair. Cool info about awe.
@mybubbles5552 6 жыл бұрын
metalhead2508 haha 😆
@Empled Жыл бұрын
awesome dude
@Cosmoclaste 6 жыл бұрын
I'll take some beauty and threat-flavored awe, please. Love the feeling.
@VaradMahashabde 6 жыл бұрын
After saying all that 'awe', Hank is awestruck about how physical pain can be
@AkankshaSingh-hx4db 6 жыл бұрын
I haven't felt awe by looking at tourist spots but I regularly go awe when I am thinking about science and life when watching scishow :-)
@in2webelieve997 6 жыл бұрын
The last time I can remember being awestruck was going to a fancy university to play Pokemon Go for all the Pokestops. It looked very castle like. It was crazy to me that people live in a world like that. Full of fancy buildings and opportunities that I'll just never see. I remember feeling like I didn't belong there.
@Bethelehem2458 5 жыл бұрын
Goalll!!!
@sanjuansteve 6 жыл бұрын
I think appreciating everything on a high level, carpe diem style can leave one feeling in awe for every day's sunrise, and sunset, in awe of those around you and the value of their friendship, etc. I think social giving, especially when the need is great, is hugely empathy building and appreciation of everything building. :D
@BRUXXUS 6 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget the first time I saw the Grand Canyon... It really is impossible to comprehend. I head Machu Picchu is even more awesome, which is why it's #1 on my bucket list. :)
@gregwesson 6 жыл бұрын
After the "stop saying like and um" video, I couldn't help but mentally replace "awe" with "uhh" throughout this video.
@zeromailss 6 жыл бұрын
So awe = Mindblown? Happens to me few times when I watch crash course philosophy, seriously I wonder why they didn't thaught it at school (at least in where I live)
@makeupbyushna3085 6 жыл бұрын
にゃあエイリアンMeowAlien same!
@mohammedkatbi8749 5 жыл бұрын
check also Vsauce, I guarantee you that your mind will be blown far away
@endrankluvsda4loko172 5 жыл бұрын
I don't know about awe, but my sweet, sweet dance moves makes people go aww yeah!
@RosheenQuynh 6 жыл бұрын
I experienced this probably on a daily basis. Usually when I look at art, read a story, or listen to music. But also when I go on night drives, observe my cat, or play one of my favorite games
@jeremiahschatz2710 6 жыл бұрын
In my experience negative awe has very similar effects as positive; as a passenger during a high speed car accident (bad drive I was with) as soon as the car started to spin time seemed to slow and my alertness to my surroundings intensified, I after spinning out and being t-boned by the vehicle in front of us we where sent in reverse across the grass median and came to a rest on the shoulder of the opposite lane of the highway. my first thought was I needed to get out of the car, however I stopped myself, as I did a semi passed within inches of my door, had I not been aware of our position I would have stepped right into the path of that truck.. so I believe awe may be more of a result of individual survival.
@m3ducraft 6 жыл бұрын
Awe
@JamesSmith-rb5lv 6 жыл бұрын
oh my gAWd!!!
@fnerXVI 6 жыл бұрын
Two times when I felt awe: Night time in the desert deployed in the middle east. There were so many stars. You could see whole arms of the milky way with the naked eye. Even better with the night vision. Almost getting blown while deployed in the middle east. Nobody was killed thank god but it shook not only me but the HMMWV and the other marines in it.
@flawlesspiner1674 5 жыл бұрын
4:31 *_AWE WARUDO_*
@skpjoecoursegold366 6 жыл бұрын
yes, the Grand Canyon.
@wolfferoni 6 жыл бұрын
What if you don't feel awe? Does it have anything to do with apathy?
@valjoy1507 5 жыл бұрын
Wolfferoni I don't remember a time when I felt awestruck
@9Tensai9 6 жыл бұрын
I'm in awe whenever I see (on a video of course) a mushroom cloud. How is it possible that a relatively small bomb will destroy a city in second. Like BOOM. Gone.
@RisqueBisquet 6 жыл бұрын
The first time I remember feeling awe was when I was possibly 6 or so? I was on holiday in the country, it was the middle of the night and I needed to pee. On my trip I happened to glance out of the window, and that's when I saw it - The *galaxy.* I felt like I could see every star that existed with perfect clarity. Everything seemed to stop and I could see _everything_ all at once. I was absolutely terrified. It was too big! _Much_ too big! The enormity of it made me think about how tiny I was. I ran back to bed, trying not to think about it. Now of course, I'd love to see it again.
@kimbratton9620 2 жыл бұрын
Awe-some!!
@donavanblue9247 6 жыл бұрын
seeing & holding my baby girl after she was born, I still cry
@alisonrolfe 6 жыл бұрын
Awe to me is an overwhelmingly happy experience, I don't see how it can be felt in a negative way?
@360.Tapestry 6 жыл бұрын
early one morning, i drove thru oklahoma on a small road in a downpour. the wind and rain battered my tiny car. at one point i could go no faster than five miles per hour. i pulled off the road and stopped in front of an abandoned house when i could no longer see 12 inches beyond my windshield while moving. as i waited out the storm, i could see a large gray mass spinning horizontally in the field in front of me. it was so large that it seemed to churn slowly and i could see no end to it. it was the very first time i felt like the situation was beyond my ability to negotiate - i was ready to die that day
@sandralobato7725 6 жыл бұрын
😮 Wow! I never knew...
@MakeMeThinkAgain 6 жыл бұрын
Storms, tornadoes, mountains or the ocean in stormy weather all inspire a scary kind of awe. Nuclear blasts would also fall into that category.
@andrewmiller4708 6 жыл бұрын
This explains morbid curiosity
@alexiswelsh5821 6 жыл бұрын
I remember feeling awe when I saw "Wicked" for the first time.
@xerotoninz 6 жыл бұрын
this video was so vastsome
@jacobrodrig8 6 жыл бұрын
I always find myself in awe, good and bad lol.
@vikki4367 6 жыл бұрын
Me, watching Hamilton perform the Oliviers, screeching.
@Stardustchild01 5 жыл бұрын
I don't remember when was the last time I felt the sensation of awe. I really should visit a psychiatrist soon.
@derekdjay 6 жыл бұрын
Dear brain, opening the eyes wide won't let more light in. Sincerely, all the awestruck people. But opening the mouth will let flies in!!
@heeiiii 6 жыл бұрын
wooooow *in owen wilson voice*
@kyrahglaze7813 6 жыл бұрын
Ooooh aaahhh
@eomguel9017 6 жыл бұрын
Out of all the SciShow Psych videos I've watched so far, I think this one shows the most explicitly how science is mostly made by and for English-speaking researchers. Based only on what's being exposed here, the so-called "flavors" of awe were defined according to the etymology of the word itself, even though further studies do not support the hypothesis that "positive" and "negative" awes are two categories of the same thing, but rather different emotions. I'd like to see research on this subject conducted in other socio-linguistic contexts to see how the emotion (or emotions) is called in the first place, and how it is categorized and analysed, without the assumption that all human groups experience "awe" in the same way, just as not every culture understands, say love, the same...
@kujmous 6 жыл бұрын
Sad people are drawn to bodies of water, because it reminds us the sky is still there.
@route2070 6 жыл бұрын
Awe from danger makes sense. I think just about everyone at some point was in awe looking at a major approaching storm at some point in time.
@EveryTimeV2 5 жыл бұрын
One day we'll put the universe in a box and with the lights off, see all of the other ones in the night.
@PatrickAllenNL 6 жыл бұрын
I now know the text to that song note: *AWEEEEEEEEË*
@Mcgturtle3 6 жыл бұрын
The last time I was awestruck was at comic con when I saw a traditional Japanese style triptych painting of darth Vader fighting obi wan in the middle, a horde of stormtroopers on the right and luke, Han and leia escaping in the right. I don’t know what it was about it but the style it was done in was so beautiful lol
@chloepeifly 3 жыл бұрын
awe doesn’t sound like a word anymore
@liwoszarchaeologist 6 жыл бұрын
Nice shirt, Hank