01-20-2014, 12:00 AM
cherryarc wrote:Why is it when I act out through emotion such as anger, everything I say looking back on it feels fine and justified. But when i talk to someone in a normal social context,(when its not charged with any emotion) I can look back on it and have regrets. Or wish I did things differently.
emotions help with decision making (scientifically proven. putting 'emotions and decision making' into google gets quite a few relevant results).
the decision process links with the feeling, and might be a feeling in itself. AI makers are trying to emulate this. a machine gets results of calculations but decision making is more complex than just calculations, and behavior links to feelings, so some choices are not easily AI calculated.
when I look back at me acting/deciding due to having an emotion it is clear to me I acted best I could at that moment in time, cause if I was back in that moment in the same state, so having the same level of experience and feeling/emotion that I had at that moment Id have decided the same thing (but if I was back there with my current self I would have another experience and feel differently in many situations, so decide different).
Emotions/feelings put force to our decisions, they are usually quicker and feel more right when in them. it makes sense they feel more right cause they have a feeling and/or emotion linked to them, so with the feeling link they obviously feel somehow (and we know feelings/emotions, if left to their own devices, rarely question themselves, in general when sad it feels right to be sad, when in anger it feels right to be angry etc) . But if you examine these decisions with putting focus on your critical reasoning capabilities you will surely find stuff to criticize or improve (so, looking at our patterns of behavior and emotions makes a lot of sense) . Actually it is good to have that switched on even when emotions are taking us some where/to some decision. Deciding against what the emotion is telling us to do often makes sense. Clear example: instead of blowing up taking a step back and taking a deep breath; not brooding alone when feeling sad but going out into the city to experience things.
If one has regrets about past behavior, one of the reasons that can happen is that one did not wait for the feeling of it being natural/right (or not), in sync (or not) with the flow of things. Still, other than noticing, it makes no sense to regret things, it is one's mind trying to get one into a loop. If we are serious about seeing a flaw in the past behavior it makes not much sense to waste too much energy on the regret but to aim it at a change of patterns and behaviors. If we seriously want something done differently the next time, then I suggest we get a grip and do it instead of brooding over it .
If I go back to emotions/feelings rarely questioning themselves it makes sense why that type of decision is less likely to come under scrutiny.. The mind on the other hand likes to question and maul over things, so it questions itself too. If we decide with the mind and have an undisciplined mind.. then we are asking to go off on a loop with it hehe...
emotions help with decision making (scientifically proven. putting 'emotions and decision making' into google gets quite a few relevant results).
the decision process links with the feeling, and might be a feeling in itself. AI makers are trying to emulate this. a machine gets results of calculations but decision making is more complex than just calculations, and behavior links to feelings, so some choices are not easily AI calculated.
when I look back at me acting/deciding due to having an emotion it is clear to me I acted best I could at that moment in time, cause if I was back in that moment in the same state, so having the same level of experience and feeling/emotion that I had at that moment Id have decided the same thing (but if I was back there with my current self I would have another experience and feel differently in many situations, so decide different).
Emotions/feelings put force to our decisions, they are usually quicker and feel more right when in them. it makes sense they feel more right cause they have a feeling and/or emotion linked to them, so with the feeling link they obviously feel somehow (and we know feelings/emotions, if left to their own devices, rarely question themselves, in general when sad it feels right to be sad, when in anger it feels right to be angry etc) . But if you examine these decisions with putting focus on your critical reasoning capabilities you will surely find stuff to criticize or improve (so, looking at our patterns of behavior and emotions makes a lot of sense) . Actually it is good to have that switched on even when emotions are taking us some where/to some decision. Deciding against what the emotion is telling us to do often makes sense. Clear example: instead of blowing up taking a step back and taking a deep breath; not brooding alone when feeling sad but going out into the city to experience things.
If one has regrets about past behavior, one of the reasons that can happen is that one did not wait for the feeling of it being natural/right (or not), in sync (or not) with the flow of things. Still, other than noticing, it makes no sense to regret things, it is one's mind trying to get one into a loop. If we are serious about seeing a flaw in the past behavior it makes not much sense to waste too much energy on the regret but to aim it at a change of patterns and behaviors. If we seriously want something done differently the next time, then I suggest we get a grip and do it instead of brooding over it .
If I go back to emotions/feelings rarely questioning themselves it makes sense why that type of decision is less likely to come under scrutiny.. The mind on the other hand likes to question and maul over things, so it questions itself too. If we decide with the mind and have an undisciplined mind.. then we are asking to go off on a loop with it hehe...