240. Leonard Mlodinow — Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Primal Role of Emotion in Human Evolution
The role of emotion in our ancestral existence, he got right by studying animals. But then when he tried to apply it to current existence, is where it went off rail. He didn't realize the positive effect emotion has on your decision making and your thinking. For example, tha emotions will change your which goals that you have that are important to you. It will change a our attention to soundsd and sights in the environment. And one of the main points of my book is that emotion is not counter productive. All that processing that you're doing that seems like logical rational processing is done iso in a context, or is wrapped up in some emotion, or whatever your emotional state is.
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