Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.

I'm Cody Gough. And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you'll learn why compliments are so embarrassing and how you can take them better.

How you can help astronomers with a project to send a message to extraterrestrials,

and how you can learn anything in four steps with a fineman technique.

What satisfy some curiosity?

Getting a compliment is supposed to feel good.

So why do nearly 70% of people associate positive recognition with embarrassment and discomfort?

It is hard to take a compliment.

Yeah, research has a few ideas.

So first of all, a compliment causes a strange wrinkle in the fabric of social interaction.

In general, we're socialized to not say positive things about ourselves and to not openly

disagree with people. That can make a compliment uncomfortable. If you accept it, you're violating

that first rule of not saying anything positive about yourself.

And if you deny it, then you violate that second rule of not disagreeing with people.

There's also a social benefit of acting humble in response to a compliment.

In many ways, being embarrassed is actually the acceptable response.

The discomfort you feel might be caused by your unconscious knowledge that you're supposed to feel that way.

You might even internalize the belief

that the person is being disingenuous,

and that can add another level of discomfort.

It might even cause your imposter syndrome to flare up.

After all, if your classmates or coworkers are complimenting the

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