Are curiosity, mystery, and awe important for leading meaningful lives?
Channel: The Humane Space
Date: 2022-06-05

Can curiosity help us find greater meaning in life? We delve into this question with Dr. Joshua Hicks. We also talk about the role that awe and mystery plan in finding happiness and meaning in life. 

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Joshua Hicks is a professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in personality and social psychology at the University of Missouri. His research aims to understand how people answer the “big” questions in life and how their answers to those questions influence their feelings and behavior. Specifically, his research examines the antecedents and consequences of the experience of meaning in life, authenticity, true self-knowledge and self-alienation, perceptions of free-will, and mortality awareness. Dr. Hicks has approximately 100 academic publications. His work has been featured in Scientific American, The Washington Post, Vice Magazine, Greater Good Magazine, Prevention, IAI tv. He has also been a featured guest on the podcasts Existentially Human and NPR’s Think.


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