We're reluctant to accept feelings as evidence because we all know ourselves to be consummate experts in manipulating our own feelings.
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Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime Might it also be that "evidence" implies objective, and nothing is more subjective than feelings?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @StevenBrust
@StevenBrust I think that's a popular story about the matter. I hate to be a hipster about it, but its popularity doesn't speak well of it.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime It's a popular theory that the Earth revolves. I mean, popularity, by itself, isn't evidence. At least, those are my feelings.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @StevenBrust
@StevenBrust So we conflate "evidence" with "objective" and "emotion" with "subjective". Does maybe a bit of harm in criminal justice.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime When I stepped on my ex's foot, her feeling was that I did so deliberately in order to hurt her. Should that be evidence?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@StevenBrust Her pain is a feeling. Her story about it is a thought. The difference is critical.
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