Thinking takes time, feelings are instantaneous. If they aren't, then you haven't thought it through yet.
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Replying to @theartlav
Thinking never ends, only starts. Emotions evolve with more conclusions and inferences.
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Replying to @vgr
Emotions are echos of thoughts. You cant feel about something you didnt comprehend, or something that's out of your mind for the moment
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Replying to @theartlav
Considering some more, this is actually a really bad metaphor. There is no 1:1 correspondence between thoughts and emotions.
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Replying to @vgr
What's the counterexample for an emotion without any thought?
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Replying to @theartlav
that's like asking "point to part of canvas with no paint on it" Background emotional texture is continuous. Thought is discrete.
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Replying to @vgr @theartlav
A simple example is a baby in pre-verbal state. Cries/smiles randomly in response to sensory and memory processes
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Replying to @vgr
Uh, what does "verbal" have to do with thoughts/emotions?
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Replying to @theartlav
Thought: Deliberate mental or physical operations with meaning-objects (words, images, sounds, electronic components...)
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Replying to @vgr
Interesting. Which part is "comprehension" then? Sensory input->pattern matching->reactions/loops/processing/state change.
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I don't think there is such a part. There's just parallel limbic and cortical distributed processes that are coupled
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