After taking the Myers-Briggs test again several years ago as part of a team bonding exercise, I remember reading the description of my subtype (ISTJ) and it saying 'in times of stress, you may tend to act rashly and irrationally'.
I believe that even the most logical people will act emotionally under stress.
Isn't the meaning of the cliche that 'someone is human' that they make mistakes/mess up/show weakness?
Logical people aren't just irrational emotional people underneath who use logic when it's easy. I think really logical people fall back on that as their core behavior, even under stress. That's their nature.
Logic isn't something we abandon under stress, it's something we cling too even tighter because that's when you need it the most. I've had jobs where lives literally hung in the balance; extreme stress. It only made me more rational and less emotional, that's how you cope.
The author's response to both comments above would be that all human beings reliably make many irrational ("illogical") decisions every day, and don't even notice themselves doing so.
I believe that even the most logical people will act emotionally under stress.
Isn't the meaning of the cliche that 'someone is human' that they make mistakes/mess up/show weakness?