Posted: Nov 27, 2016 7:46 pm
WeirdPattern2.0 wrote:Hello. This is my first post, I hope I'm post this in the right place.
A friend linked me the following video on facebook and I'm looking for a place to seriously discuss the issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXDw73rToPE&t=0s
Even though the video is very hyped and presents little evidence, it still got me thinking.I consider myself a strong rational thinker (& atheist), but then what about my emotions?
I can't deny having emotional parts in my brain (amygdala, limbic system, ...), yet they can go against my reason. This poses a contradiction as I can't both be completely reasonable without amputation my emotional brain regions.
Would like to hear some thoughts on this.
As I understand the argument being made, the objective is to harness ones' emotions to pursue 'logic' as a pleasurable activity, not to eschew emotions.
What I don't get is if these people had really achieved a method of doing this - why would they fail to see the faulty logic in their video. Claims like one is 100 times more intelligent - if delivered logically would be supported by evidence. Issues such as failures and side effects of the 'treatment' would be explored and analysed using data. Everything presented would be supported by evidence from independent sources. One would certainly not start with claims that this new approach will 'I believe' spread like a virus.
Looks like either a send up or putting 'faith' in the process ahead of evidence.