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Activate genuine curiosity about a situation to
Activate genuine curiosity about a situation to automatically displace evaluative judgment without requiring deliberate suppression.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Positive emotions broaden cognitive repertoire and build (positive emotions broaden cognitive repertoire), Cognition Operates Through Dual Processing Systems (System 1 operates automatically), and Emotion as Systematic Cognitive Modulator (emotional states distort judgment predictably). The principle prescribes using curiosity as a replacement mechanism rather than attempting to suppress judgment directly—which follows from these axioms about how emotions and automatic processes work.