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Humans are not thinking machines or feeling machines, but rather feeling machines that think.
~ Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio

Benthoven 8 June 3
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I think that's true. My idea is that emotions predate thinking, in evolutionary terms. Emotions are more similar to automatic responses you get in living things with less powerful brains than humans.
While we can get to control emotions through thinking, to an extent, the power of emotions is far greater than we like to admit. Easy example: when feeling intense fear, our "thinking" part can be almost shut down.

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I agree with that. Emotions don't lie.

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Maybe some other people are like that, but I am nowhere near that stupid. Missed me with that emotional sh%t.

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That sounds like an accurate description of what we are and how we roll so to speak.

It gets so much deeper

@DZhukovin I know it.

@Hitchens Me too

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If only we were able to just think and not feel...

ABack Level 6 June 4, 2018

That would be no fun.

feelings are valuable. I am always confused why people want to dismiss or demean feelings and emotion

@MARDUK True, fun is a matter of opinion. However, without feelings, there would be no fun. Can we agree fun is a feeling?

@EdEarl yes indeed! But without feelings you would never know what you are missing out on.

@AdriaBack LOL, true. Play is common among many animals. Animals often have inherent gestures that say, "Let's lay," for example dog language: [termcoord.eu]

Play seems important, so we might not do will if we didn't play.

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Where’s the proof for this assertion? I will withhold belief until convincing proof is presented. The burden of proof...

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