Quick Wrote:What would you say if I said we evolved the capacity for emotions to inform us on the world around us? Emotions are the fastest form of communication we have within ourselves. Given
we have a long lineage of having emotions how does one overcome the bias of emotion? Given there will probably always be crisis situations in the human race and given crisis situations
require the fastest of responses sometimes would you say emotions are still necessary for the human race?
It is not so much a question of overcoming the bias of emotion because that is not possible as we are emotional beings. But instead one of knowing when an
emotional response is preferable to a logical one and what form that should take both in terms of the type of emotion and the degree to which it is employed
From an evolutionary perspective the emotional or reptilian part of our brain is older than the logical or mammalian part of our brain
The amygdala was more necessary for our survival as a species than the pre frontal cortex even though nowadays we use it far less
A MIND IS LIKE A PARACHUTE : IT DOES NOT WORK UNLESS IT IS OPEN
