On 11 February 2015 at 18:29, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/10/2015 5:47 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:57 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I call this the Cyberman (or Mr Spock) problem. The Cybermen in Doctor >> Who are logical and unemotional, yet they wish to convert the rest of the >> world to be like them. Why? Without emotion they have no reason to do that, >> or anything else. (Likewise Mr Spock, except as we know he only repressed >> his emotions.) >> > > I'm not sure whether emotions are necessary to have goals. Then again, > perhaps they are. > > The 'big' emotions like fear, rage, lust probably aren't, but values, > feelings that this is preferred to that, are. >
I don't see how one could have an opinion on whether one should do anything without emotions being involved. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
