Lines of reasoning can be scrutinized, argued against; axioms can be shown to be unfounded. Reasoning is impersonal. I am not my lines of argument. I have no self–worth invested in a logical conclusion. If something happens to topple it, I spend a few days dazed and researching, then come up with something better. That's the mathematical process in a nutshell. It's impersonal and highly efficient.
Emotions are harder to challenge, more difficult to argue against. We human beings feel the things we feel, and there's no guarantee our feelings will be connected to reality.
I would much rather be wrong based on logic than right based on emotion.
I reserve emotion for my friends and family. My countrymen get my logic, and my enemies get my coldest, clearest-eyed thinking.
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Lines of reasoning can be scrutinized, argued against; axioms can be shown to be unfounded. Reasoning is impersonal. I am not my lines of argument. I have no self–worth invested in a logical conclusion. If something happens to topple it, I spend a few days dazed and researching, then come up with something better. That's the mathematical process in a nutshell. It's impersonal and highly efficient.
Emotions are harder to challenge, more difficult to argue against. We human beings feel the things we feel, and there's no guarantee our feelings will be connected to reality.
I would much rather be wrong based on logic than right based on emotion.
I reserve emotion for my friends and family. My countrymen get my logic, and my enemies get my coldest, clearest-eyed thinking.