Ever had a moment when you acted out of a specific step by step process, where every detail, step, and action was completely coordinated and executed to all expectations?
Had a situation where you lashed out, acted on impulse, did something so out of character that when reflecting on the turn of events you couldn’t believe what it was that you had done?
This is the struggle that is emotion vs. logic
This is a truly fascinating area of study as one cannot truly condemn one over the other, and in many situations one will always emerge victorious. You cannot simply abstain from one side of the coin; you have to integrate both into your daily life in order to be a properly functioning human being.
For example, if you trying to figure out how to disarm an atom bomb, I would strongly urge you not to throw the device around in anger while you are attempting to prevent nuclear fallout.
Similarly, if you are having a conversation with a member of the opposite sex, rattling off logic fallacies to your wooing partner will only result with your privates in your own hands at the end of the night.
So why even bother talking about this? Why waste al of our time writing an article about it?
Don’t be so quick to get your panties in a bunch; I do have a stance in this whole maniacal debate.
It is crucial that a person be in awareness of what areas of life require what sides of their brain, if you are in a human relations state of affairs, it is mandated that emotion come to the forefront. Similarly, if you are faced with a technical problem of enormous magnitude, you have to think your way out of it without letting your fear get the best of you.
The key of using these aspects of ourselves is to better serve ourselves to kick that much more ass in life.
Nearly every situation in life can use the benefits of both trains of thought, with one having a heavier emphasis placed over the other.
I.e.: If you are giving a presentation at your cubicle hell, you would be best to use logic when creating and developing the glorious powerpoint presentation, but emotion when conveying the message to the willful recipients.
Likewise, if you are going to attempt to make love to your sweet lady, you are best suited to consider the notion that logistics won’t be sound if you don’t have anything soft in your apartment to lay on. Though on the same accord, a few wall slams and emotion injected into the situation can help to alleviate any logical fallacies.
The point being, use them both my young padawan, but use them in the right instances. If I catch you trying to score a date talking about the weather or write some html code while shaking your monitor, I will backhand you faster than an Alabama man to his housewife.
Logically flawed
Gabriel
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