From: Giu1i0 Prisc0 (g2002@prisco.info)
Date: Sun May 26 2002 - 23:19:04 MDT
Well, it is not always so, especially in politics. Many politicians appeal
to emotional arousal to sell ideas with no rational content, and are
successful at times. I believe what you say is true for rational people, but
unfortunately we are not the totality of humankind, perhaps not even a
majority.
--- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wei Dai" <weidai@eskimo.com> > Also, emotional arousal makes unbiased reasoning even more difficult than > it already is and does not help in effective communication of ideas--it > causes people who disagree with you to take your ideas less seriously > rather than more seriously. At least that has been my experience. If your > experiences have been different, I would be interested in learning about > them. Giu1i0 Prisc0 g2002@prisco.info myfirstname@mylastname.info http://mylastname.info/myfirstname
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