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Emotion vs. Reason

   Thu, January 31, 2008 - 7:00 AM
I looove learning about how other people reason, how they choose their values, whether it works for them, and if it doesn't then why. To me the only way to understand emotion is to put some logic into it by shaping it into written words, but you seem to believe that emotion and reason are mutually exclusive:) I'm afraid you're right :)



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Wed, February 6, 2008 - 7:35 PM
Obviously I'm biased, but it's hard to not agree with myself :)

The one thing that keeps this emotion/logic idea in-check is art. Visual, aural, performance, tactile - whatever. It seems to me that good artists straddle the line between technique and feeling; that's where they exist when trying to express themselves through it.

I know there must be a happy medium between the two - but I also think humanity would be much better off if people erred on the side of logic instead of the opposite.