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 Originally Posted by NightGizmo
I agree with you.
Ayn Rand was arguing against the primacy of emotions and for the primacy of reason. Emotions are not reality; your goal is to use your rational faculty to the best of your ability.
Emotions definitely inform your reality.
I remember coming into work, I woke up angry, I was angry in the shower, and I opened up an email that read something like, "Oh hey, I see your work, where's the rest of it?"
And I was pissed because this motherfucker was taking a go at me for providing him with sufficient but not perfect work.
Thankfully, I went around the office and asked after this character and found out that he was a sarcastic jagoff and realized he was just having a go. In that new spirit I was able meet him and his needs more ably than if I were left to my initial sense.
For me, it's a revelation to see how it is that your current emotional state and your current surroundings inform how you think and how you express yourself.
There will never be a primacy of reason, because I honestly believe we are misers of our critical faculties, because I know I am and I assume everyone follows a similar mold.
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