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Old 01-31-2019, 04:13 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by hamsterpower View Post
I actually use this for household decisions with my wife. I'm not comparing her to the woman in the video, just saying there is a place. When we need to make a decision we evaluate the choices by: "Logic overrules indecision, but passion overrules logic." By that I mean if one of us has a logical choice that wins over a gut reaction but if one of us is passionate about a choice we try that first over a seemingly logical choice. This all-but eliminates arguments and logic often does win-out.
Seems appropriate to share a perspective I find interesting concerning logic vs emotion.

The Male and Female Mind, by Don W. Stoner

The analogy of "women logic" seems to hold for men too, but we tend to have different thresholds, and certain values such as respect tend to be weighted more highly in the emotional realm.



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