Cognitive dissonance is often treated as a moral weakness, but it seems to be the normal result of being forced to hold conflicting beliefs in the same context (often for moral/social reasons). Boredom, outrage and humor are cognitive strategies to keep them from collapsing.
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My point is that the foundational valence system operating subcortically is elaborated by the cortex. But that elaboration retains the pleasure/unpleasure dynamic. A useful analogy is visual acuity,from simple light detection cells (bacteria)to hugely elaborated ocular systems
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... such as we see in human eyes. The basic system is the same, it’s just a matter of an increase in complexity. An increase in acuity. That’s how I’m conceptualizing cortical “thought” in relationship to subcortical emotional affects. It’s an increase in hedonic acuity.
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