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And: Seeing rational thinking as a layer serving the primitive needs vs an independent process capable of overriding them explains a lot. All our choices occur
by andrei_says_ 3y ago
And: Seeing rational thinking as a layer serving the primitive needs vs an independent process capable of overriding them explains a lot.
All our choices occur in the emotional centers of our brain (in his lectures George Lakoff often mentions research showing that brain injury in emotional centers erase the ability to choose / have a preference).
The layer of rationalization deceives us into believing we somehow made an independent choice.
One of Lakoff’s lectures: https://youtu.be/T46bSyh0xc0 https://youtu.be/T46bSyh0xc0
- DiscourseFan 3y agoIt's not really one or the other, clearly there is a level at which we have expanded our rationality far beyond its basic use to serve our needs, and built a society where we in fact never really get to have what we want and if you're sexually frustrated purchasing it is criminalized. We built our own cages because we're afraid we won't be able to wake ourselves up out of bed in the morning.
- andrei_says_ 3y agoI agree with your first sentence - it’s not one or the other - because they are so intertwined that they are hard to separate. I need to say that I have not yet experienced or seen an action which is not driven by needs (I subscribe to the NVC model of action). We have needs which make us want things. We rationalize based on preferences which is another label for needs. So, we act on needs, mostly subconscious, and tell ourselves stories. That’s about it.