What's the Deal With Staring?

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2015

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Gazing too long upon another person is almost universally viewed as anywhere from impolite to hostile, which is odd considering science isn't fully certain why we stare - and why we're so good at knowing when we're being stared at.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.9	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from Howstuffworks.com.
0:41.4	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
0:42.9	I'm Josh Clark, there's Charles W. Schuck Bryant and guest producer Noel is actually staying
0:48.6	in here I believe.
0:49.6	He's staring at us for this one.
0:51.1	Yes.
0:52.1	As we speak.
0:53.1	I'm making my cheek blush just the one though.
0:56.4	Yeah.
0:57.4	This is weird.
0:58.4	It's a tease is what that is.
0:59.4	It's a little bit of a tease.
1:00.4	It's not anything.
1:01.4	I'm a big tease.
1:03.4	Spoiler alert.
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