2026-11-05 04:48 UTC
Do people make decisions using reasoning? Or do they make decisions based on emotions, and rationalise them afterwards using their reasoning?
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@TheSecondVariety@lemmy.ca 2026-11-05 08:35
Sometimes one, sometimes the other, sometimes somewhere in the middle.
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@reka@lemmy.world 2026-11-05 09:29
I’d say the balancing factor tends to be effort. We are, as living creatures, lazy. That’s how you survive. The level of empathy you need to acquire before caring for a chicken is going to compete with your desire to eat easily available delicious food is going to have to be very high.