Emotions vs Logic

[United Dependencies]

I've been considering the relationship between basing decisions off of emotion vs basing them off of logic.
So NSG are you privy to emotions or logic? Or do you feel like you have met a happy balance?

I also pose these questions:
We can all probably agree that there is some sort of balance between emotions and logic. If it can be defined at all what is it?

Is the advancement of all mankind dependent on one of these aspects(should we get rid of one or the other that is)? and Why?

edit:You may or may not post your myers-briggs type.
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

I am INTJ

[Buffett and Colbert]

Emotions are for weaklings. /cyborg

[United Dependencies]

Emotions are for weaklings. /cyborg

I envy you.

[Revolvisia]

I don't know the balance, but if I did I'd definitely be there right now. I'm much too logical, not emotional enough.

As for the future of mankind, I believe we will continue to need both, cold logic to progress further to the future, emotion to enjoy the present.

[Omnicracy]

I've been considering the relationship between basing decisions off of emotion vs basing them off of logic.
So NSG are you privy to emotions or logic? Or do you feel like you have met a happy balance?

I also pose these questions:
We can all probably agree that there is some sort of balance between emotions and logic. If it can be defined at all what is it?

Is the advancement of all mankind dependent on one of these aspects(should we get rid of one or the other that is)? and Why?

Logic-controled emotion. Logicaly determine what emotional responces are apropriate and feel those. I strongly believe everybody should do that because it seems to be the most efective way of doing things. It is freedom from biological programing.

[United Russian State]

Logic, emotionsmake for stupid choices.

[Omnicracy]

Logic, emotionsmake for stupid choices.

So you would say emotions are worthless then?

[Omnicracy]

Why is this not showing up in my "View your posts" thingy?

[Kamsaki]

We can all probably agree that there is some sort of balance between emotions and logic. If it can be defined at all what is it?

I'm not sure logic means what you think it does. Acting emotionally still probably uses a form of logic and reason. You might view it as something like the following:

The thought of doing "this" feels exciting.
I do things that are exciting.
"This" is the only exciting course of action available.
Therefore, I'm going to do "this".

What's really going on when "this" is something clearly ridiculous and harming to your continued existence (such as sticking your head in a lion's mouth) is not a misapplication of logic, but a misapplication of utility. You've reasoned entirely correctly; it's just that your premised notion of how you decide what to do next is skewed in favour of things that are really stupid.

There is no balance. You just need to learn to tune your emotions to make them choose to do things that are right for you.

[Melkor Unchained]

Why is this not showing up in my "View your posts" thingy?

Its a technical shortcut we had to make in order to speed the forums up again. Clicky-clicky!

[Omnicracy]

Why is this not showing up in my "View your posts" thingy?

Its a technical shortcut we had to make in order to speed the forums up again. Clicky-clicky!

Well this sucks...

[Omnicracy]

Why is this not showing up in my "View your posts" thingy?

Its a technical shortcut we had to make in order to speed the forums up again. Clicky-clicky!

Well this sucks...

So is it fixed now?

[New Ziedrich]

Why is this not showing up in my "View your posts" thingy?

This will explain.

Anyway, Logic > Emotion all day, every day.

Dammit, Melkor, why'd you have to be so quick on the draw?

[Omnicracy]

Why is this not showing up in my "View your posts" thingy?

This will explain.

Anyway, Logic > Emotion all day, every day.

What do you think of mine then?

[United Dependencies]

We can all probably agree that there is some sort of balance between emotions and logic. If it can be defined at all what is it?

I'm not sure logic means what you think it does. Acting emotionally still probably uses a form of logic and reason. You might view it as something like the following:

The thought of doing "this" feels exciting.
I do things that are exciting.
"This" is the only exciting course of action available.
Therefore, I'm going to do "this".

What's really going on when "this" is something clearly ridiculous and harming to your continued existence (such as sticking your head in a lion's mouth) is not a misapplication of logic, but a misapplication of utility. You've reasoned entirely correctly; it's just that your premised notion of how you decide what to do next is skewed in favour of things that are really stupid.

There is no balance. You just need to learn to tune your emotions to make them choose to do things that are right for you.

Is not the desire to do what excites you emotions overridding logic though? You do raise a good point about how emotions and logic/rationality interact though.

[Flameswroth]

Joke option.

I don't think logic or emotion is the end-all, beat-all way of making every decision ever. By and large, logic ought to dictate decisions and interactions outside the realm of personal issues. For instance, logic should be used in determining which vendor to buy spare cooling coils from for your company, not emotion. But I think emotion should be used for personal decisions. For instance, trusting another individual to the point of becoming romantically exclusive is not really logical.

So both, in their own situations.

[Smunkeeville]

I've been considering the relationship between basing decisions off of emotion vs basing them off of logic.
So NSG are you privy to emotions or logic? Or do you feel like you have met a happy balance?

I also pose these questions:
We can all probably agree that there is some sort of balance between emotions and logic. If it can be defined at all what is it?

Is the advancement of all mankind dependent on one of these aspects(should we get rid of one or the other that is)? and Why?

I'm an ENTJ I rarely make emotional decisions. If I do make a decision based in emotion it's usually because I'm drunk or high.

[New Ziedrich]

Why is this not showing up in my "View your posts" thingy?

This will explain.

Anyway, Logic > Emotion all day, every day.

What do you think of mine then?

Seems okay.

[Melkor Unchained]

Why is this not showing up in my "View your posts" thingy?

This will explain.

Anyway, Logic > Emotion all day, every day.

Dammit, Melkor, why'd you have to be so quick on the draw?

Because it's my job

Also no, it's not fixed yet to my knowledge. My posts are appearing as normal for the most part, but I don't know enough about what's being done on the back end (*cue Beavis & Butthead laughs*) to tell anyone for sure how long it will be or what exactly is being affected.

[Omnicracy]

Why is this not showing up in my "View your posts" thingy?

This will explain.

Anyway, Logic > Emotion all day, every day.

What do you think of mine then?

Seems okay.

Is that how you work?

[United Russian State]

Logic, emotionsmake for stupid choices.

So you would say emotions are worthless then?

Mostly.

[Melkor Unchained]

Logic, emotionsmake for stupid choices.

So you would say emotions are worthless then?

Mostly.

For me it depends. In some areas (especially if you're an artist) being a predominantly emotional person probably has its benefits. But in terms of decision-making and knowledge-gathering (which, not being overly artistic, are priorities for me) capacities, I gotta go with Logic all the way. I've gotten much more out of it in my life than I have from the alternative

[Omnicracy]

Why is this not showing up in my "View your posts" thingy?

This will explain.

Anyway, Logic > Emotion all day, every day.

Dammit, Melkor, why'd you have to be so quick on the draw?

Because it's my job

Also no, it's not fixed yet to my knowledge. My posts are appearing as normal for the most part, but I don't know enough about what's being done on the back end (*cue Beavis & Butthead laughs*) to tell anyone for sure how long it will be or what exactly is being affected.

Well, I assumed it was fixxed as it showed up in my "View your posts" thingy.

[United Dependencies]

Joke option.

I don't think logic or emotion is the end-all, beat-all way of making every decision ever. By and large, logic ought to dictate decisions and interactions outside the realm of personal issues. For instance, logic should be used in determining which vendor to buy spare cooling coils from for your company, not emotion. But I think emotion should be used for personal decisions. For instance, trusting another individual to the point of becoming romantically exclusive is not really logical.

So both, in their own situations.

I understand your point but I must ask one thing. Why should we make decisions that are illogical ever?

[Omnicracy]

Logic, emotionsmake for stupid choices.

So you would say emotions are worthless then?

Mostly.

Then you would remove joy and rage and all of those things if you could?