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Category: Invisibilia

Meet The Woman Who Feels No Fear

January 22, 2015

What would life be like if you were missing emotions that others have? What would be the consequences of life without fear? Would it be a blessing or a curse?

Article on a woman who doesn’t feel fear.

https://www.yahoo.com/health/meet-the-woman-who-feels-no-fear-108746157003.html

Part of a podcast, Invisibilia, about the same woman

http://www.npr.org/2015/01/16/377517810/world-with-no-fear

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