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Why Do Humans Actually Have Emotions? - Dr Laith Al-Shawaf - #844

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Dr Laith Al-Shawaf is an evolutionary psychologist, researcher and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at UCCS.
Humans have a wide range of emotions. But why do we feel anything at all? Why do we have a felt sense of emotions and how did they evolve?
Expect to learn the evolutionary story of why humans feel stuff, whether some emotions are more basic than others, evolutionary explanations for joy, anger, disgust, envy, awe, happiness and much more…
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Dr Laith Al-Shawaf is an emotions researcher and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at UCCS.

Humans have a wide range of emotions. But why do we feel anything at all? Why do we have a felt sense of emotions and how did they evolve?

Expect to learn the evolutionary story of why humans feel stuff, whether some emotions are more basic than others, evolutionary explanations for joy, anger, disgust, envy, awe, happiness and much more…

Sponsors:

See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals

Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MW10)

Get a 20% discount on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout)

Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout)

Timestamps:

(00:00) Why Do We Have Emotions?
(06:37) How Our Emotions Advocate For Us
(14:02) Emotions From an Evolutionary Perspective
(20:54) Are Some Emotions More Basic Than Others?
(25:02) Why We Experience Fear & Surprise
(28:34) How Shame is Adaptive
(36:47) Why Anxiety is So Prevalent in Modern Society
(44:59) Explaining the Trait of Need for Cognition
(54:14) Feeling Emotions About Emotions
(01:03:49) The Difference Between Envy & Jealousy
(01:08:33) Emotions That Aren’t Really Adaptive
(01:16:26) How Laith Applies His Work to Daily Life
(01:32:55) Where to Find Laith

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Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books

Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom

Episodes You Might Enjoy:

This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠

How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠

The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

Get In Touch:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast

Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact

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