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		lukasb on Oct 31, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Empathy represses analytic thought and vice versa We use emotions to help us pick the ends to which logical effort should be directed. Try as you might, you will not be able to logically select the axioms by which you reason.

CamperBob2 on Oct 31, 2012 [–]

I really like your first point, but I don't see how the second follows.

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