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b112 • yesterday at 9:50 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

It's not logically thought out, emotion is a parallel decision making process to logical thought. It may be that in some circumstances, fear is a logical outcome of a stimulus, but that's not the same thing.


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estearum • yesterday at 11:40 PM

> emotion is a parallel decision making process to logical thought.

No it's not. We know for a fact this is not true.

Here's an interesting story (but you can also find ample published literature on it, or even just like... think about how brains work): https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/reasonably-emotional