>>rational vs irrational
>is misleading
>people do not choose to act irrationally
>a better juxtaposition is logical vs emotional
>bcs emotional can be also be a kind of logic
>it's necessary to ask from whence to emotions arise?
>physiologically, they arise in the "snake brain"
>one of the most primitive brain structures
>so named bcs it is common to reptiles and all animals above them on the evolutionary ladder
>fear, fight or flight, love, curiosity, …
>these are hard-wired into our brains by the collective experiences of all our ancestors
>the fear of fire, falling, death, etc
>the desire to associate (procreate), ie, affection, love, etc
>in simpler organisms, it's a demonstrable fact that highly stressful experiences can subtly alter DNA
>no reason to think that mechanism is not operable in ALL living organism
>so acting based on an emotional response COULD be it's own form of logic
>albeit, an inferior form compared to logic and critical thinking applied to the immediate situation
>i have to say i agree in some sense that MOST people act on emotion most of the time
>the dead give-away is right in our language
>everyone has said "what do you FEEL like doing tonite?"
>rarely does anyone say, "what do you logically conclude we should do?"
>or ask someone why they did something, the reply will likely be, "i FELT like it"
>hardly ever will the reply be, "i analyzed my options and made the logical choice to do that"
OK, BUT…hear me out, anon says "something".
consider "hate" speech is a sub-set of "FREE" speech, similar to profanity etc ..just can doesn't mean have to…
OK, so I just said "something" YOU have diff beliefs, customs, traditions, whatever so YOU feelz OFFENDED. well thats OK, that is YOUR choice, to be offended. nothing to do with me. and if you feelz happy, sad, angry, annoyed…etc, then remember they are YOUR feelz. NOTHING to do with me. YOU CHOSE to be offended YOU chose to be "emotional"…if I can give some advise…get a grip, of phone a fren, 'cause I don't thinkz ya want me responsible, for YOUR feelz, in first place, righht?