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a little more about an important distinction imo
re the "purpose" of emotion
quick 🧵👇
re the "purpose" of emotion
quick 🧵👇
https://twitter.com/sbuehler/status/1640097795276431361
2/ emotion activates
and what it activates depends on
- you
- your environment
with that "you" & "environment"
being very very complex
... so the PROBLEM here is
and what it activates depends on
- you
- your environment
with that "you" & "environment"
being very very complex
... so the PROBLEM here is
3/ intelligence & study create certainty
our esteemed book writing psychologist, pontificating free wisdom
operates as
- a person
- in a context
- with a history
- and certain learnings
that smart, studious people tend to universalize and/or prosethetize
our esteemed book writing psychologist, pontificating free wisdom
operates as
- a person
- in a context
- with a history
- and certain learnings
that smart, studious people tend to universalize and/or prosethetize
4/ let's call it a "wildly successful" bias
which states
"this worked so easily for me, so if everyone did it ... they will at least have a smidge of my success"
it's a common #distortion among "very successful" people
doctors, academics, scientists, leaders, executives, etc
which states
"this worked so easily for me, so if everyone did it ... they will at least have a smidge of my success"
it's a common #distortion among "very successful" people
doctors, academics, scientists, leaders, executives, etc
5/ so "the way emotion works" is universalized through a "success bias" as experienced by the "expert" themselves
which distorts the reality
- emotions are used very differently
- with great utility in the diversity
- b/c everyone is successful in different ways
which distorts the reality
- emotions are used very differently
- with great utility in the diversity
- b/c everyone is successful in different ways
6/ so "emotion" = "solving" is the methods of a scientist mind
one that logicalizes information, makes rational decisions, understands and categorizes
quite different from
emotion is "energy in motion" that "propels action"
where #action emerges from #feeling as #wisdom
one that logicalizes information, makes rational decisions, understands and categorizes
quite different from
emotion is "energy in motion" that "propels action"
where #action emerges from #feeling as #wisdom
7/ this is a different framework than one that uses "mind" more readily
to do these things with the emotion
- contain
- mentalize
- analyze
- understand
as opposed to
- act
- do
- express
- feel
/end
to do these things with the emotion
- contain
- mentalize
- analyze
- understand
as opposed to
- act
- do
- express
- feel
/end
cc @rascality
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