Emotions or rational thinking?

Emotions or rational thinking?

  • I believe in rationality.

    Votes: 7 77.8%

  • It is emotions for me.

    Votes: 2 22.2%

  • I haven't thought about it - it is not that important.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    9
jimmoyer

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RATIONAL is sequential. Plodding. Slow.

EMOTIONS ? Very RAM. Very fast. To the point.
Very Random Access Memory like a computer going right to
the point instead of sequentially searching every non-essential item until it has a match.
 
hermanntrude

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jimmoyer said:
RATIONAL is sequential. Plodding. Slow.

EMOTIONS ? Very RAM. Very fast. To the point.
Very Random Access Memory like a computer going right to
the point instead of sequentially searching every non-essential item until it has a match.
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if you're going to employ that definition we can all safely assume none of us use rationality at all. Our thoughts dont work like that and couldn't if we wanted them to
 
Curiosity

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Vereya said:
Curiosity, your posts and the example that you gave, suggested to me such an idea: what are kindness and helpfulness in the first place? Are they emotions, or are they traits of character? A rational person can be very kind, helpful and neighbourly, whereas a person who is guided entirely by emotions is not necessarily a kind and caring kind of person. He might be guided by such emotions, as anger, hate or envy. And a rational person can find happiness in helping others, because it is a very nice thing to be surrounded by happy and contented people, who feel good about you.
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Vereya.... Wow here I thought I had it all worked out and you, Jim and Hermann come up with some other thoughts....lol ... the beauty of other brains at work....

I think traits both bad and good are within our personae and consist of both emotional reaction and rational action.... I did paint a rational person in a somewhat sombre light whereas they have that wonderful logic - able to stand back and sort out the reactions to an event.... or as you write, do acts of kindness for others ... and yes emotions run the gamut of ecstacy to horror ... love and hate...
the degrees are all variants of the personality.

A rational person finding happiness in helping others.... would that not be a rational person experiencing emotion?

That is why I said a balanced combination is what I would strive for ... keeps us on track more than getting waylaid by robotic reaction (or learned reaction) in a rational way, or conversely keeping us from wearing ourselves out running through the hoops full time emotional reaction can do to us....

That being said.... I am often locked into one or the other in certain situations...and even as I know where I am (rational or emotional).... it is a place I wish to maintain and recognize it.... sometimes however for me, it is difficult to find the center again....between the two.
 
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Curiosity

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Hermann

It could be that rational and emotional are not opposites and can work in sequence as Jim describes or even in tandem... as you say perhaps the words are not the right ones to use....

Rational is definitely learned behavior (from past experience or childhood teaching) and uses logic and
emotion seems to have a life of its own. While emotion is also learned behavior, I think it is not as far forward in our present thoughts as we would like and leaps into a situation when we least expect it.

I think most humans have both to varying degrees which to me suggested a balanced person. To have one playing out on a regular basis to the detriment or non-use of the other suggests a rather empty place to be....like something is "missing"....
 
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Curiosity said:
Hermann

It could be that rational and emotional are not opposites and can work in sequence as Jim describes or even in tandem... as you say perhaps the words are not the right ones to use....

Rational is definitely learned behavior (from past experience or childhood teaching) and uses logic and
emotion seems to have a life of its own. While emotion is also learned behavior, I think it is not as far forward in our present thoughts as we would like and leaps into a situation when we least expect it.

I think most humans have both to varying degrees which to me suggested a balanced person. To have one playing out on a regular basis to the detriment or non-use of the other suggests a rather empty place to be....like something is "missing"....
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i'm certain they're not opposites, although they do compliment each other. the two work very well together. I would not live my life without either
 
eh1eh

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I see by the pol results I am not in the majority. Rationality is highly over rated. If rationality isn't a word then I DON'T GIVE A CRAP!. Just joking, sort of.:smilebox:
 
eh1eh

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hermanntrude said:
i don't care about anything because i'm purely rational (that's an irrational statement if ever i heard one) :D
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Well I guess you just heard one. Emotion combined with the cool calm collectedness of rationalism is the way to go. It just takes disipline whichever side you are aproching from. Again if rationalism isn't a word... LOL
 
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Curiosity

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Name some famous people who are to the extreme.... (a) Rational; (b) Emotional

Rational.... James Bond (any of them)....

Emotional...Brittany Spears (these days)....
 
eh1eh

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Curiosity said:
Name some famous people who are to the extreme.... (a) Rational; (b) Emotional

Rational.... James Bond (any of them)....

Emotional...Brittany Spears (these days)....
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How 'bout

A Nathalie Maynes
B George Bush

P.S. Curiosity where did your thoughtful young lady go from your sig? She is conspicuous by her absense.:wave:
 
darkbeaver

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jimmoyer said:
RATIONAL is sequential. Plodding. Slow.

EMOTIONS ? Very RAM. Very fast. To the point.
Very Random Access Memory like a computer going right to
the point instead of sequentially searching every non-essential item until it has a match.
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I think that's true of men Jim but I don't know if it holds for women.:wave:
 
Curiosity

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eh1eh lol

My sig picture only appears on lengthy posts....if a post is short she stays away.... probably out buying ice cream!
 
Curiosity

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eh1eh

Here is the pic.... can you see it here?
 
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