It's the age-old cartesian dualism between reason (good!) and emotions (bad!), which for some reasons still seduces many people. They believe they are more or l

It's the age-old cartesian dualism between reason (good!) and emotions (bad!), which for some reasons still seduces many people. They believe they are more or less their pre-frontal cortex, so things like emotions get in the way of the Thinker.