Poll: Would you give up emotions for a higher understanding/better logic or keep your emotions?
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I would never give up my emotions for 100% intelligence because having all that knowledge with no emotions would seem inhuman. What would be the point of infinite knowledge without wanting to brag about it? I don't really see the point of living if I lacked emotions(Better to have loved and lost sort of deal). I like my emotions and as Bender would say "not having emotions makes me feel sad"(bad paraphrase).
A functioning person requires emotions, thats why lack of which is considered a mental illness. It effectively cuts you off from other people on everything except a professional level and it makes most forms of pleasure disappear. Art, Music, games, all go bye bye. Ill keep the emotions thank you.
I didnt have nothing to do with this......*Whistles suspiciously*LegendaryGamer0 said:And what pray tell would that weakness be?mireko said:No. Without emotions I'd more or less be a zombie, which doesn't strike me as being particularly fun or useful.
Hah, you can't fool us. We all know your weakness.LegendaryGamer0 said:Considering I don't have any and I have been here since before the birth of your universe, no, I would not.
Also Emotions, I would prefer then then understanding anything 100%....its just not human...no offence LegendaryGamer....>_>
I'm not human.shaun1788 said:I didnt have nothing to do with this......*Whistles suspiciously*LegendaryGamer0 said:And what pray tell would that weakness be?mireko said:No. Without emotions I'd more or less be a zombie, which doesn't strike me as being particularly fun or useful.
Hah, you can't fool us. We all know your weakness.LegendaryGamer0 said:Considering I don't have any and I have been here since before the birth of your universe, no, I would not.
Also Emotions, I would prefer then then understanding anything 100%....its just not human...no offence LegendaryGamer....>_>
Yet, Sakura allows me to feel emotion.
[sub]She is my... love. ;~;
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No. As Jowan said, you would be "breathing, existing, but not truly living". As much as I complain how the world isn't logical, being tranquil would be a living death.
Except most autistic kids aren't genius, so no.Lem0nade Inlay said:
She's imaginary. And like 12.I'm not human.
Yet, Sakura allows me to feel emotion.
She is my... love. ;~;
OP: Why are emotions seperate from higher understanding? Without emotions you lack a particular perspective, a way of viewing things.
So I wouldn't be getting a 'higher understanding' at all. I'd be getting a different perspective, which objectively was neither better nor worse.
Actually, there is some literature linking emotions to higher brain function (Heuristics, I believe, so you don't get stuck in an endless loop because someone asked you to divide by zero, you Vulcan dick)
I would trade in the teetering highs and the abyssal lows though, I'd rather be the biggest brain on the globe, smiling from high levels of smugness with my superbrain than be orgasming in smugness. If you get my drift.
So basically Equilbrium, except we exchange the gunfights for the ability to be Einstein 2: Attack of the Theory of Everything ^Squared.
I would trade in the teetering highs and the abyssal lows though, I'd rather be the biggest brain on the globe, smiling from high levels of smugness with my superbrain than be orgasming in smugness. If you get my drift.
So basically Equilbrium, except we exchange the gunfights for the ability to be Einstein 2: Attack of the Theory of Everything ^Squared.
What good would it be to deny myself all emotions for higher understanding and logic? Logic suggest that in that case I simply wouldn't care about anything. Not even that higher understanding. I am already a highly rational, logical and practical person. I don't allow my emotions to influence my actions. Reason>emotions. But emotions are necessary to experience all of that.
First, I don't think you know how IQ works, and second, if this is how Dragon Age works, I don't think the fine people at Bioware (and I wouldn't besmirch them in any way) know how people work.
IQ is a measure of intelligence relative to your age: a 20 year old with an IQ of 100 is as smart as an average 20 year old; a 20 year old with an IQ of 200 is as smart as a 40 year old. Further, it's an entirely subjective measure that doesn't accurately account for specialized knowledge (for instance, memorizing all of the commands for Action Script 3; speaking multiple languages; etc), and is generally not an accurate way to actually measure intelligence.
Second, emotional distance does not turn you into a mindless slave or drone or whatnot; that's ridiculous. It's still possible to have preferences, goals, motivations, and independent thought even if you use a purely logic-based decision making process. And yes, it is possible to HAVE preferences, goals, etc without emotion. Look at the Borg, or any similar hive-mind race: emotionless, but also distinctly motivated, with clear preferences (purity), goals (assimilation), and motivations (total universal perfection).
Third, there's a difference between feeling emotions and acting or making decisions based on emotions. I don't want to do the dishes 'cause it's boring, I like to eat chocolate 'cause it's tasty, but I still do the dishes and eat things other than chocolate because I know there are good reasons for doing so.
Fourth, why would a lack of emotions make you smarter?
IQ is a measure of intelligence relative to your age: a 20 year old with an IQ of 100 is as smart as an average 20 year old; a 20 year old with an IQ of 200 is as smart as a 40 year old. Further, it's an entirely subjective measure that doesn't accurately account for specialized knowledge (for instance, memorizing all of the commands for Action Script 3; speaking multiple languages; etc), and is generally not an accurate way to actually measure intelligence.
Second, emotional distance does not turn you into a mindless slave or drone or whatnot; that's ridiculous. It's still possible to have preferences, goals, motivations, and independent thought even if you use a purely logic-based decision making process. And yes, it is possible to HAVE preferences, goals, etc without emotion. Look at the Borg, or any similar hive-mind race: emotionless, but also distinctly motivated, with clear preferences (purity), goals (assimilation), and motivations (total universal perfection).
Third, there's a difference between feeling emotions and acting or making decisions based on emotions. I don't want to do the dishes 'cause it's boring, I like to eat chocolate 'cause it's tasty, but I still do the dishes and eat things other than chocolate because I know there are good reasons for doing so.
Fourth, why would a lack of emotions make you smarter?
Emotion is, ultimately, the very grounding of what's enjoyable or not (and, in a sense, morality itself, though I don't want to get into that); if I sacrificed all emotion, even if I knew everything, I could not feel happiness (what with it being an emotion and all).
Of course, were I to basically unlock the secrets of the universe, sacrificing my emotions and sharing the resulting knowledge would ultimately be a massive benefit to humanity.
Of course, were I to basically unlock the secrets of the universe, sacrificing my emotions and sharing the resulting knowledge would ultimately be a massive benefit to humanity.
I find them to be more trouble then thier worth. I would give them up with out any gain if I could. I reach for nothing in meditation.
That said I see the point of being with out. Whats the point of knowing everything when you can't enjoy it.
Watch fairy odd parent Emotion Commotion! - Timmy wishes he had no emotions after being embarrassed by jumping in a swimming pool and coming out naked.
That said I'd still like to get rid of them.
That said I see the point of being with out. Whats the point of knowing everything when you can't enjoy it.
Watch fairy odd parent Emotion Commotion! - Timmy wishes he had no emotions after being embarrassed by jumping in a swimming pool and coming out naked.
That said I'd still like to get rid of them.
I think the idea behind it isn't so much "smarts", but computational ability and logic. The average computer can process and output information much faster than any human, but because they lack emotion and awareness, they are inferior in their processes. A computer cannot function in any given way unless it is programed to do so. It requires stimulation. A human, meanwhile, can produce a stimulus regardless of circumstance, which leads to innovation.shadowform said:
A human driven entirely by logic would not, perhaps even COULD not think outside the box. If you were to ask a person like this (if they existed) what 2+2 equals, they would always, ALWAYS perform the mental calculation in their head first, instead of just instinctively saying "Four".