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117: Robert Greene | Discovering The Laws of Human Nature

The Jordan Harbinger Show

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The Neuro Science of Emotions

Emotions evolved animals millions of years ago. We humans inherited this emotion system, it's the lower part of our brain. But we also have thinking. And what ends up happening to us is we feel that emotion and we can't get rid of it. So when you think you're being rational, you're not being rational. Our buying habits, what we like, our political choices are governed by our emotions. You don't know why you'm feeling anger. It comes up in a part of your brain that is not connected to your co the con part of the brain. The most dangerous people are those who are convinced that they know what is going on inside their head because i want

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