Emotions vs Logic

[UnhealthyTruthseeker]

True, but logic without emotion is something even I want no part in.

So why are you using a computer?

[Risottia]

Emotions better be kept at bay by logics.

True, but logic without emotion is something even I want no part in.

Agreed, yet: though logics without emotions is boring, emotions without logics is going back to being animals.

[UnhealthyTruthseeker]

Agreed, yet: though logics without emotions is boring,

Math and computers bore you?

emotions without logics is going back to being animals.

How can we go back to being what we already are?

[Ashaven]

Emotions better be kept at bay by logics.

True, but logic without emotion is something even I want no part in.

Agreed, yet: though logics without emotions is boring, emotions without logics is going back to being animals.

Which is why I find a balance the best option.

[Voltairian Prospects]

Logic is all well and good... but very few people actually possess any logic

It is quite apparent in todays youth, and it would appear it is getting worse



Don't get me wrong... there ARE exceptions.

[Risottia]

Agreed, yet: though logics without emotions is boring,

Math and computers bore you?

emotions without logics is going back to being animals.

How can we go back to being what we already are?

I agree. I should have worded it better, like, dunno "going back to being stupid animals and nothing more".

[Ashaven]

True, but logic without emotion is something even I want no part in.

So why are you using a computer?

Sorry, I was referring to such an outlook on all of life. Within areas that demand as such, I will do so (ah, math).
In regards to your question: Are you proposing there are no emotional outlets involved in a computer?

[Ashaven]

Logic is all well and good... but very few people actually possess any logic

It is quite apparent in todays youth, and it would appear it is getting worse



Don't get me wrong... there ARE exceptions.

Like me~!
And I know exactly what you're talking about...;;;

[Greed and Death]

niether, only the acquisition of power.

[UnhealthyTruthseeker]

Are you proposing there are no emotional outlets involved in a computer?

I'm proposing that the computer itself operates on simple binary logic and has no sense of emotion.

[New Ziedrich]

Interesting question. I think that, in such a situation, I'd have to make a cost/benefit analysis. If adopting an emotional decision-making process would improve happiness while avoiding decisions with negative outcomes that would decrease happiness, then it would make sense to move to a more emotional decision-making style.

So, ultimately, an emotion (happiness), is the overriding aim/factor, right?

In that hypothetical situation, yes. Besides, I don't see anything inherently irrational or illogical about enjoying life. It's just that people often make decisions that adversly affect their quality of life.

Ironically enough, these unsound decisions are often made in the basis of obtaining short-term happiness. Quite often, this will lead to long-term misery.

[Voltairian Prospects]

Logic is all well and good... but very few people actually possess any logic

It is quite apparent in todays youth, and it would appear it is getting worse



Don't get me wrong... there ARE exceptions.

Like me~!
And I know exactly what you're talking about...;;;

Good, I am glad you agree... I was getting tired of arguing my point to the wall...




It isn't at all logical

[New Ziedrich]

To my two:

1) Emotions are important to the anaisis of data as well, at least to me.

2) But I do not do any of those things and still get to feel. Mine seems superior.

Emotions, in and of themselves, have little value to me. They are not an end, and they are only occasionally a means to a greater end.

[Hydesland]

In that hypothetical situation, yes.

This doesn't seem to be hypothetical. This seems to be your ultimate aim in your (and presumably almost everyone else's) life.

Besides, I don't see anything inherently irrational or illogical about enjoying life.

It's neither inherently illogical or logical, it's emotional.

[Ashaven]

Are you proposing there are no emotional outlets involved in a computer?

I'm proposing that the computer itself operates on simple binary logic and has no sense of emotion.

Which it indeed does. I simply do not want to apply such a system to my entire life.

[New Kereptica]

I see no reason to classify emotions as any more than some form of bio-engineered logic, of the sort that our brains routinely engage in, the mechanics of which we have yet to understand. Of course, I know practically nothing about neurology, so that could be complete bullshit.

Or are we merely speaking of the connotations that people give 'logic' and 'emotion', and with which of them on which we believe society and man must rely?

[Ashaven]

Logic is all well and good... but very few people actually possess any logic

It is quite apparent in todays youth, and it would appear it is getting worse



Don't get me wrong... there ARE exceptions.

Like me~!
And I know exactly what you're talking about...;;;

Good, I am glad you agree... I was getting tired of arguing my point to the wall...

I first became a logic junkie after reading "deductive reasoning" on Wiki in my earlier years, and I can name a few people who would benefit from using such reasoning.....

I just logically use my emotions for my personal choices, and other things that I need considerable motivation for.


It isn't at all logical

[Ashaven]

I see no reason to classify emotions as any more than some form of bio-engineered logic, of the sort that our brains routinely engage in, the mechanics of which we have yet to understand. Of course, I know practically nothing about neurology, so that could be complete bullshit.

Or are we merely speaking of the connotations that people give 'logic' and 'emotion', and with which of them on which we believe society and man must rely?

^ This.

[Omnicracy]

To my two:

1) Emotions are important to the anaisis of data as well, at least to me.

2) But I do not do any of those things and still get to feel. Mine seems superior.

Emotions, in and of themselves, have little value to me. They are not an end, and they are only occasionally a means to a greater end.

But it sounds like you let them out of a cage when they agree with you. I train mine to agree with me from the get go.

[New Ziedrich]

In that hypothetical situation, yes.

This doesn't seem to be hypothetical. This seems to be your ultimate aim in your (and presumably almost everyone else's) life.

Besides, I don't see anything inherently irrational or illogical about enjoying life.

It's neither inherently illogical or logical, it's emotional.

Perhaps, but I never said that emotion didn't have its place.

[Ashaven]

In that hypothetical situation, yes.

This doesn't seem to be hypothetical. This seems to be your ultimate aim in your (and presumably almost everyone else's) life.

Besides, I don't see anything inherently irrational or illogical about enjoying life.

It's neither inherently illogical or logical, it's emotional.

Perhaps, but I never said that emotion didn't have its place.

Indeed. I'm usually a very logical person. I know deep down that causality governs this universe (until I hear a contradicting statement, I bet even God follows logic), but I like my emotions in many cases, and like to fool myself into thinking they aren't entirely logical. One of the few times where I will say "Ignorance is bliss".

[New Ziedrich]

But it sounds like you let them out of a cage when they agree with you. I train mine to agree with me from the get go.

Not really. I have a strong degree of control over my emotions, in the sense that I am always capable of making rational decisions despite my emotional state at any given moment.

[Ashaven]

But it sounds like you let them out of a cage when they agree with you. I train mine to agree with me from the get go.

Not really. I have a strong degree of control over my emotions, in the sense that I am always capable of making rational decisions despite my emotional state at any given moment.

Agreed, though I try to not be too restrictive of my emotions (or even just blend them as a sort of personal compromise).

[Omnicracy]

But it sounds like you let them out of a cage when they agree with you. I train mine to agree with me from the get go.

Not really. I have a strong degree of control over my emotions, in the sense that I am always capable of making rational decisions despite my emotional state at any given moment.

How is that differant from what I said?

[United Dependencies]

I'm interested in how you are able to control your emotions.