I wish I didn’t have to go out of my way to say this, but the vast majority of people I’ve met in the skeptical community really aren’t callous, “data beats emotions” dickbags. It’s just a pain that some super visible skeptics are exactly that, and they are trash.
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It is best to first hyper analyse things and be super critical in order to make a judgement. Before acting upon this judgement you need to look at the emotional side of the situation to do what is right. Data is accurate however emotions enable humans to do what is right.
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Perhaps in my own field I should understand that we structurally overdesign bridges commonly, because humans don’t like to feel them flexing, not because of their actual needed strength. Waste of money really, but makes people feel better.
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If you honestly believe that a) emotions never come into analyses and critical thinking b) if they do it is automatically bad c) emotion itself cannot aid thinking and d) you never have them or if you do it's Fine because it's Rational - then yes, you may have pitched a tent.
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Decision making is inherently emotional. People with impaired ability to feel emotions have a very difficult time making decisions. https://bigthink.com/experts-corner/decisions-are-emotional-not-logical-the-neuroscience-behind-decision-making …
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I agree that emotions *can* skew analysis, but when people act like emotions are always bad, they themselves are skewing proper analysis. EG antivax - fight vaccine hesitancy with efficacy data alone, and you lose: consider people’s emotional drivers too, and you can reach them.
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Or just pass sane public health laws that they can either follow or be banned from interaction with the community, given the risk they pose to the public health.
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That's nice.
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critically think about the fact that we live in a society
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Let me suggest "Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain" by Antonio Damasio
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