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Let's stop arguing and do something. (lemmy.world)
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essentially an enormous part of the reason that online leftist spaces suck so much is that they are filled with people who believe it is more important to do nothing wrong than it is to do something right
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[+] 7 points 1 year ago (16 children)
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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    it's that leftists are broadly intellectuals

    I used to think this. Then everyone came out about how Kamala didn't get them excited, aka appeal to their emotions. When I pointed this out and that they weren't thinking logically and instead relying on emotions they frankly agreed, saying something something not a robot. And there were proud of it.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Is being an intellectual mutually exclusive with having emotions? Because as far as I know all people have emotions..

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    If you let your emotions dictate your thoughts and actions, I have bad news for you.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Bro, you do it too, you just don't admit it to yourself.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Yeah that's what I thought, you're exhibit A.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    🤷

    Modern psychology and neuroscience agrees with me. Eg. https://neurosciencenews.com/emotion-reason-decision-making-25803/

    Or have a read of Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Thinking Slow if you want something a bit deeper.

    The human brain is packed full of inescapable cognitive biases, many of which relate to emotions. They occur just as much for you as for me, and ignoring them or denying them just makes the problem worse.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    emotions, as demonstrated in his wine tasting study

    Lololololololol. Whatever you're trying to say it's based on wine tasting. Lolololololol.

    My last message to you is: go ahead and cry during old yeller. When it comes to politics, think.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Ah, ignoring evidence because it doesn't support your pre-existing views. Text-book case of confirmation bias 😊

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    You do know that people exist on a spectrum of behaviors,right? Oh why do I bother. Have at your emotions, but know that not everyone lets them dictate their actions like you.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes. My point is that everyone is on the spectrum, and a purely rational mode of decision-making does not exist in humans. Every decision has emotional components.

    I never said that decisions are purely emotional.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

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    And that means plenty of people do not let them dictate their thoughts and actions. That's what I said from the start. To which you responded "Bro, you do it too, you just don't admit it to yourself." So no, I don't let them dictate my thoughts and actions.

    Ok really I can't even in this conversation. Best I can figure is you're arguing against a strawman. Ciao. For real.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    it’s that leftists are broadly intellectuals or at least identify as intellectual because of effort they put into honoring nuance

    Nah. It's just that they believe they are better and have huge confirmation bias. You're not with them? You're an enemy and should be banned because you're a troll.

    Can't we just fucking have a place where everyone is free to speak? Circlejerks are cringe

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