1875 || emotions are rational, actually

We have been conditioned to believe emotions are irrational, feminine, and something to be suppressed. But rationality and emotionality are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are intertwined. Without emotions, we would not have any motivation towards rationality.

Our assumption that emotions are irrational tends to refer to our reactions to the emotion, rather than the emotion itself.

Rationality is not emotionless. Emotions are not completely irrational.

SOURCES:

someonewithopinions's MEDIUM POST: The Politics of Feeling: How Emotions Move, Shape, and Control UsYouTube Video: Emotions are RationalYouTube Video: The Calculus of Feeling: Why Emotions are Rational AlgorithmsStudy: Rationality and emotions

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