[ExI] anger

spike at rainier66.com spike at rainier66.com
Sun Sep 20 17:07:32 UTC 2020


 

 

> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
Subject: [ExI] anger

 

One of my answers on Quora:

 

>… anger has no place in modern society and wish we could excise it from the gene pool…

 

Think of your worst moment, the time when you did or said something you really really wish you hadn’t done or said, some action you really super-regret, perhaps a moment of truth that caused you sufficient introspection it convinced you to change something in your life.

Think of what you were feeling at the time.  Were you angry?  Or was it lust got away from you?

Repeat thought experiment with and without any circumstances such as chemical influence, or pain.  If your worst moment was at the funeral of someone dear, well, let that be a separate case.  We do things in pain and grief sometimes.

You don’t hafta write about it, but which emotion was it?

Guessing in most cases it was either lust or anger.  Mighta been stupid carelessness, but often it’s lust or anger.

What other emotion would lead to your life’s worst moment?

 

spike

 

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