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Old 01-01-2005, 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by TwitchKitty
Are people most emotional about things they least understand? I notice a lot of emotion expressed in discussions of topics where people are uninformed or misinformed. Do you think that one follows from the other? Maybe partly an expression of frustration. People want to care but are excluded from informed decision making.
People are most emotional about things they feel strongly about. Things they feel strongly about hold deep convictions. Deep convictions can be extreme. Extreme is always easy to rationally criticize.
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