Barry,
I have never been keen on the distinction between emotional and non-emotional thought because people tend to confound it with the distinction between irrational and rational thought If, while you are watching a terrifying movie, your ten-year-old comes and puts her hand on your shoulder and you jump out of your skin, you have clearly had a rational thought: “There is a blood sucking monster in the room that has just put it’s paw on my shoulder and I must DO SOMETHING NOW!” Now that’s an entirely logical thought, in that, if the premises are true, the conclusion is true. It’s just that the premises are screwed up. . I actually think “irrational thought” is an oxymoron; all thought is inherently rational. What varies is the probability of the premises.
Nick
Nicholas Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
Clark University
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
From: Friam <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Barry MacKichan
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 10:15 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Great Communicator or NLP unto TDS
The names of the two styles would be “thoughts” and “emotion” (or, to slice and dice a bit more, “grievance”).
—Barry
On 10 Jan 2021, at 13:01, Frank Wimberly wrote:
Trump speaks at a junior high level ("fantastic", "disgusting") and repeats every phase two or three times. Obama was a great communicator. The effectiveness of the two styles depends on the audience.
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Frank C. Wimberly
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