I'm not talking about emotional control, I'm talking about emotions. Everyone has emotions, and those emotions guide their behavior and choices. Not everyone can logic. Many people are averse to algebra, which is simply a language based on the rules of logic.
No one has to be taught to throw a tantrum. Everyone has to be taught how to syllogism - accepting that all learning is self-learning and some people are self-taught.
"How else could we learn, if we didnt have an innate set of reasoning to understand?"
If reason is an application of thought which is logically consistent (you didn't counter-define that term, so I'm running with it), then I think it's evident in the existence of religions (as an easy example) that reason is not a quality all people have.
People learn all manner of things in illogical ways. People come to false conclusions because they can't recognize a fallacy. People believe contradictory things because they can't reason a more consistent belief set. Or if they can, they are emotionally attached to their false beliefs and justify their beliefs based on illogical motivations.
E.g. I believe people are good, and that it's a fair policy to assume strangers have good intentions. Even if it were conclusively shown to me that this is false, I would continue to behave in this way, out of my emotional belief that it makes the world a better place for everyone (mostly me) if I am not a jerk.




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