I agree that emotions and their determinants are generally viewed as too static. Within reason, you can actively import certain emotions and change the way you relate to the ones that bubble up. ~Meditation~ :)
Agree, again. I hope I didn’t make too strong of a dichotomy. Paul Slovic, a psychology researcher I’m fond of, has published on the importance of the ‘affect heuristic.’ We use our instinctive emotions to make lots of our decisions, and we’re fooling ourselves if we claim all our decisions come from pure reason. I think the influence of emotions, either in the moment or at a more trait level, is generally greater than people think.
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I agree that emotions and their determinants are generally viewed as too static. Within reason, you can actively import certain emotions and change the way you relate to the ones that bubble up. ~Meditation~ :)
Agree, again. I hope I didn’t make too strong of a dichotomy. Paul Slovic, a psychology researcher I’m fond of, has published on the importance of the ‘affect heuristic.’ We use our instinctive emotions to make lots of our decisions, and we’re fooling ourselves if we claim all our decisions come from pure reason. I think the influence of emotions, either in the moment or at a more trait level, is generally greater than people think.