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Topic: Why don't people learn the distinction between reason and emotion in schools?
Anonymous A started this discussion 11 minutes ago#137,247
I don't mean complicated logic, just what each means and how to distinguish them?
One mistake I've seen some make (niganon has made this same mistake 2-3 times on here) is thinking that "being emotional" means that you have emotions, as opposed to being an unfeeling robot. It's such an elementary thing to know, but many people don't get it. It makes me wonder if they even have a conception of internal feelings vs. outward expression.
Rationality can be complex, but it's not hard to understand whether someone can even furnish a reason for a belief, vs someone who just acts out an insults another when asked what their reason is. Getting into whether those reasons are sound or fallacious is a whole different matter, I'm strictly speaking about the ability of a person to know why having reasons matters.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 8 minutes ago, 19 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,454,411
Now that I think about it, maybe they do have an understanding of internal feelings and outward expression, but they can't conceieve of a person that can control their emotions, so they assume people that can do that are simply emotionless.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc replied with this 4 minutes ago, 46 seconds later, 6 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,454,416
@previous (A)
Your theory is that people don’t understand emotion and reason but you’re the only one who understands how thinking works. Have you ever considered that if everyone in the world has a brain, if you can’t understand what’s going on in everybody else’s head, you might be the weirdo?
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc replied with this 3 minutes ago, 1 second later, 7 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,454,419
Like one time you told me I have no idea how human instincts work. But that’s a stupid thing to say, because I’m also a human and I have the same instincts as everybody else. I was just saying what I genuinely feel, which is different than what you felt.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc double-posted this 3 minutes ago, 39 seconds later, 8 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,454,420
@1,454,418 (A)
I’m using words right now, if I don’t understand the meaning of words how am I talking to you right now? Have you ever considered that the problem might be you?
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc triple-posted this 1 minute ago, 2 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,454,421
I can obviously think. If I couldn’t think, then how would I survive? If you think I don’t think, or I can’t use logic, that means you don’t understand me. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing going on inside my head, there’s obviously stuff happening inside my head. You just don’t understand it, that’s your own problem.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 55 seconds ago, 14 seconds later, 10 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,454,422
@1,454,420 (Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc)
We're talking about the meanings of words like rationality and emotion.
I don't have personal definitions for them, just the standard dictionary definitions.
I explained the distinction and you still decided to say I just thought it meant whoever agreed or disagreed with me, which is clearly not what I just said.
I've met people who disagree, and still approach it rationally. I've met people I agree with but they can't approach it rationally and just take everything personally and are unable to ever explain their beliefs.