Reasoning is a social process as much as it is an individual cognitive process. We're strongly conditioned to be unempathetic when reasoning, but this severely

Reasoning is a social process as much as it is an individual cognitive process. We're strongly conditioned to be unempathetic when reasoning, but this severely impairs our ability to reason together. Empathy and reason together are more powerful than either alone. The substance of reasoning comes second to the process of reasoning. If the process is hobbled by artificial or cultural constraints, it becomes perverse and harmful to understanding.