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This is a gem of an article, I always looked at Procrastination from a logical approach, turns out the real reason is emotional.

by suyash 7y ago

adventured 7y ago
They don't inherently conflict. Emotions can be logical, so it can stem from both at the same time. That is, a logical emotion isn't necessarily a contradiction. Procrastination may be more heavily dictated by emotion and that emotion may exist for a logical reason that has deep roots which you still need to introspect and resolve. The emotion itself has a cause. I view the two as more likely to be deeply connected, rather than two things to be regarded separately.
- coldtea 7y ago
  >They don't inherently conflict. Emotions can be logical This is a semantics issue. Parent means logical in the sense of the process of thought, analysis, etc. Not in "makes sense". Given that, emotions can be reasonable, but not logical. I.e. they can be valid descriptions of the situation, but they are not themselves some kind of logical analysis or reasoning - they are just feelings. (On the other hand, a logical analysis can produce emotions. I.e. logically determining "the oxygen in our cabin runs out in 2 hours" can produce panic. And the opposite: an emotion might get us to think / perform a logical analysis).
  - serioussecurity 7y ago
    Most of my interesting papers have resulted from letting go of my "logical" brain and letting my emotions play with the problem until a line of attack opens, then I turn on the logic brain to get it done.
- suyash 7y ago
  They absolutely conflict - emotions are the driver of most human decisions and rationalization happens later. You can think of it from Neuroscience lens - The Neo Context part of the Brain fires later and takes longer to engage and is less powerful when compared to the Reptilian Brain. This was also explained in Daniel Kahneman work (System 1 vs System 2) Therefore, the key is to manage emotions as the article points out.
tsukurimashou 7y ago
I would recommend looking at this video if you're interested in the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc He also has a full playlist on human behavior which is very interesting

This is a gem of an article, I always looked at Procrastination from a logical approach, turns out the real reason is emotional.

by suyash 7y ago

This is a gem of an article, I always looked at Procrastination from a logical approach, turns out the real reason is emotional.

adventured 7y ago

They don't inherently conflict. Emotions can be logical, so it can stem from both at the same time. That is, a logical emotion isn't necessarily a contradiction. Procrastination may be more heavily dictated by emotion and that emotion may exist for a logical reason that has deep roots which you still need to introspect and resolve. The emotion itself has a cause. I view the two as more likely to be deeply connected, rather than two things to be regarded separately.

coldtea 7y ago
>They don't inherently conflict. Emotions can be logical This is a semantics issue. Parent means logical in the sense of the process of thought, analysis, etc. Not in "makes sense". Given that, emotions can be reasonable, but not logical. I.e. they can be valid descriptions of the situation, but they are not themselves some kind of logical analysis or reasoning - they are just feelings. (On the other hand, a logical analysis can produce emotions. I.e. logically determining "the oxygen in our cabin runs out in 2 hours" can produce panic. And the opposite: an emotion might get us to think / perform a logical analysis).
- serioussecurity 7y ago
  Most of my interesting papers have resulted from letting go of my "logical" brain and letting my emotions play with the problem until a line of attack opens, then I turn on the logic brain to get it done.
suyash 7y ago
They absolutely conflict - emotions are the driver of most human decisions and rationalization happens later. You can think of it from Neuroscience lens - The Neo Context part of the Brain fires later and takes longer to engage and is less powerful when compared to the Reptilian Brain. This was also explained in Daniel Kahneman work (System 1 vs System 2) Therefore, the key is to manage emotions as the article points out.

tsukurimashou 7y ago

I would recommend looking at this video if you're interested in the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc He also has a full playlist on human behavior which is very interesting