[FRIAM] Great Communicator or NLP unto TDS

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

Barry, 

 

I have never been keen on the distinction between emotional and non-emotional thought because people tend to confound it with the distinction between irrational and rational thought  If, while you are watching a terrifying movie, your ten-year-old comes and puts her hand on your shoulder and you jump out of your skin,  you have clearly had a rational thought: “There is a blood sucking monster in the room that has just put it’s paw on my shoulder and I must DO SOMETHING NOW!”  Now that’s an entirely logical thought, in that, if the premises are true, the conclusion is true.  It’s just that the premises are screwed up.  . I actually think “irrational thought” is an oxymoron; all thought is inherently rational.  What varies is the probability of the premises.

 

Nick

 

Nicholas Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology

Clark University

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https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

 

 

From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Barry MacKichan
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 10:15 AM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Great Communicator or NLP unto TDS

 

The names of the two styles would be “thoughts” and “emotion” (or, to slice and dice a bit more, “grievance”).

—Barry

 

On 10 Jan 2021, at 13:01, Frank Wimberly wrote:

Trump speaks at a junior high level ("fantastic", "disgusting") and repeats every phase two or three times.  Obama was a great communicator.  The effectiveness of the two styles depends on the audience.


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Frank C. Wimberly

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