or is the emotion we sent when we perceive…

or is the emotion we sent when we perceive or conceptualize vice, combined with a need for cognitive accommodation. Accommodation means we want to make space in our mind for this. Can be physical or conceptual. Exemplar of things can be in order of include the night, sky, in monumental high building, or great in encompassing theory, Superlative, feats, and mathematical resolve. Wonder is the emotion that arises from a glimpse at the unknown terrain which lies beyond our understanding. Like off, it prompts the need for cognitive accommodation, but it does not necessarily have the dimension of vast. Examples include the intricacy and an insect seen under microscope, and unusual fossil, or crystal, or an unexpected astronomical event.

— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)

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