Paul Conti

Is it ever logical to run into a burning building?

No, right?

I mean, logic's never going to tell one to do that.

Okay, someone you love is in the building.

The person's already sprinted halfway to the building, right?

Emotion rules us.

And so the thought, a thought, is some of that is evolutionary, right?

That...

strong negative emotion stays with us very, very profoundly, right?

So example I'll give is if we're hunter-gatherers and like, I find a new berry and it tastes good and it seems nutritious and then, and it is, right?

Everything is fine.

It'd be good to remember that, right?

But if I find a new berry and it tastes good and it seems nutritious and we both eat it and almost die of sickness, we better remember that, right?

right?

So the primacy of emotion is in us for reasons that are about survival, that the emotion of it's my child in that building or my loved one is why I don't give a damn about logic and run into the building, right?

The emotion of I thought that was good and I got really sick and I better never forget is also about survival.

And the same applies to humans.

If we're from different tribes back then and

In my tribe, when you put your hand out, it's a greeting.

In your tribe, if someone puts their hand out, it means, hey, I'm going to attack you and take your stuff, right?