something about the role of emotions in rationality and why the implicit / perceived Forum norm against emotions is unhelpful, or at least not precisely aimed
(there’s a lot of nuance here, I’ll put it in dw)
edit: I feel like the “notice your confusion” meme is arguably an example of emotional responses providing rational value.
the forum should not have a norm against emotional expression
is two separate posts. I’ll probably write it as two posts, but feel free to agree/disagree on this comment to signal that you do/don’t want two posts. (One good reason to want two posts is if you only want to read one of them.)
something about the role of emotions in rationality and why the implicit / perceived Forum norm against emotions is unhelpful, or at least not precisely aimed
(there’s a lot of nuance here, I’ll put it in dw)
edit: I feel like the “notice your confusion” meme is arguably an example of emotional responses providing rational value.
thinking about this more, I’ve started thinking:
emotions are useful for rationality
the forum should not have a norm against emotional expression
is two separate posts. I’ll probably write it as two posts, but feel free to agree/disagree on this comment to signal that you do/don’t want two posts. (One good reason to want two posts is if you only want to read one of them.)