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Originally Posted by Micman7

Thoughts, What really are they?

What allows humans the power of "Thought"?



What allows "Feelings" of emotion?

There is nothing special about humans. We have logic, and logic alone.
If you kick a wall, you go "Oww". Your nerves say, "Hey, that hurt, stop it asshole".



But that explains the logical part. Our minds are simply electrical inpulses... So what causes heartbreak? Or passion?

Electrical pulses that make us... "Love" each other.

Which leads me into the conclusion, Why do we need it? Where does it fit into life? Emotion does not help.



Observe your situation. Logic, every 10 things your logic arrouses 90 you didn't notice later. Chose the wisest course of action. Act, Boldly and switfly, do not back down.

Observation fits into human life. Logic is nessisary. Wisdom is what is left when we have run out of oppenions. Without action, there is no reaction.

There is no room for "Feel".

-Alan

(PS: For a guy who isn't native to English I think I did pretty well.)

I must disagree. Most animals do not have the ability to be self-aware. Maybe only some rare monkeys in Africa. Humans, as a result of being the top of the top, have this ability which has made us evolve from cavemen into modern society. Humans also have innate abilities and ideals. We have morals, senses of beauty, of literature, of art, and more. if we only run by logic, why do we fall in love? Why do we listen to music? I see no logic in getting married, it will only make you lose half your money. Yet feelings such as love are inherit traits that are valuable and lead us to do things like get married. If we ran only by logic, we would still be cavemen. Emotions and feelings have led to inspiration, and this inspiration has led to philosophy, and philosophy leads to science, and science leads to our world today. I cherish my feelings as much as I cherish my logic. You are thinking in an Enlightened view, I am thinking in a Romantic view. If you read Rousseau's earlier works, or works of German romantics you'll see what I mean.