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To distinguish between “out of curiosity” and “out of interest curiosity”, a simple way is to observe how they feel in your body. Uneasy curiosity will push or drive you to act, while interested curiosity shows a more active state. With curiosity out of interest, you will not be in a hurry or panic, because you do not have to achieve a certain purpose.
Now try it yourself. Touch your hand to see which hand is warmer, is it your right hand or left hand? Or are they at exactly the same temperature? If there is indeed a temperature difference between your two, have you ever wondered why this is the case? Now let me explain, are you ready?
First, take a moment to experience the feeling of not knowing the answer. In fact, you may have found that there is no medical explanation for why one hand is warmer than the other. But hopefully through this little self-experiment, you can see and feel the difference between interest and curiosity.
To ensure that you can really tell the difference between the two, let us return to the quote from James Stephens: “Curiosity can conquer fear more than courage” Why is this so? How can curiosity be stronger than courage? If you are interested, it is because your curiosity drives you to understand the reason. There is indeed some scientific truth behind this.
Let me introduce the concept of “fear learning” first. Suppose you are crossing the street and someone shouts “Be careful”! You jump instinctively immediately, avoiding speeding cars around the corner. If you are very calm, do what you do after avoiding the car, as if nothing has happened-because there are really no bad things happening.
But that was just an assumption, what are you actually doing? You look around and find that you are almost hit by a car, your heart beats faster, and you start thinking about what to do if you are hit by a car. Afterwards, you can even retell the matter to a friend and describe how the reckless driver almost killed you. When you retell this story, you may notice that your heartbeat is speeding up, your body is a little contracted, and you feel a little scared-just recalling this matter has already scared you. As another example, if you climb up a flight of stairs quickly, this will make your heart beat faster, and then it may remind you of being hit by a car again.
Yes, our body has associative body memory, which matches a specific physiological state with the memory of something. In this case, the speed of the heartbeat matches the memory of the dying.
Let’s analyze another daily case.
When you feel stressed or anxious, will your shoulders or chin tighten? If this is the case, you can make yourself feel stressed or anxious simply by tightening your shoulders. This is a physiological condition that triggers an emotional state