• JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Strong feelings about issues do not emerge from deep understanding

    My feelings about capitalism are largely fueled by how well I understand it. When I understood it less, I didn’t mind it as much

    I don’t like this quote

    • Badabinski@kbin.earth
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      2 hours ago

      Yeah, if strong emotions were such a liability then we probably wouldn’t have them anymore. Emotions aren’t vestigial or useless or contrary to rational discourse, they’re an integral part of what it means to be sentient and sapient, and they can be incredibly useful when doing things that are decidedly “rational.” I can tell that some code I wrote is shit because it “feels wrong” a hell of a lot faster than I can by logically reasoning it out.

      I’m hoping that quote is simply lacking context. The alternative is that the people behind the quote are just fucking insufferable.