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> any hopes for a human society that place reason above emotion are fundamentally unachievable.

Hopes for mutual checks and balances between the two might be, for some if not all.



The issue is that what we often think as our 'reason' is often rather post-hoc rationalisation, which then becomes our beliefs, as our brain hate being wrong. People who can easily and often say 'i was wrong, it's my bad' without throwing shade at other people are nice. People who, during an argument, can say 'you're right, sorry'? Keep them close, or better, marry them.




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