our Opinions are just Figments
Rendered as an EFFECT of our emotions. Our opinions are merely rationalisations based on pre-existent ideas of reality (i.e knowledge/experiences we have gathered).
Every time a new emotion is felt strongly enough to be deemed "of interest" to the Bodymind, the Bodymind will incorporate this into the Self (what we can consciously refer to as our "me" or ego) and adjust the Self's opinions accordingly.
Opinions never influence emotions, it is always the other way around. Facts will not of themselves change Someone's opinion, that Someone must emotionally connect to that fact on one or more levels.
Other evidence of my claim is the myriad of already defined cognitive biases.
I'm especially interested in the perspectives from psychopaths and sociopaths.
Discuss.π
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.and then the bong hits him on the head and he falls RIGHT over the realitY