“For example, our emotions don’t seem to work in a time-consistent manner, and we often later regret actions that we take based on strong emotions, when those emotions eventually fade away.”
There is a rational explanation for this, i will use anger as example:
People try to not anger people who easily get angry and violent, so anger has benefits. However this can also cause other people to want to punish angry person for his violence, and here regret comes in and lowers the punishment that angry person gets.
Imagine a trial where a man found his wife sexing another man, and hit them both until they were almost dead. Which explanation will lead to a lower punishment?
“I do not know what went in to me, and have regretted doing it ever since, i hope they will some day forgive me for losing my mind for a moment”
or
“By beating them i try to make sure that both my wife and people that know us will not attempt this or any other thing that might upset me badly again”
“For example, our emotions don’t seem to work in a time-consistent manner, and we often later regret actions that we take based on strong emotions, when those emotions eventually fade away.”
There is a rational explanation for this, i will use anger as example: People try to not anger people who easily get angry and violent, so anger has benefits. However this can also cause other people to want to punish angry person for his violence, and here regret comes in and lowers the punishment that angry person gets. Imagine a trial where a man found his wife sexing another man, and hit them both until they were almost dead. Which explanation will lead to a lower punishment? “I do not know what went in to me, and have regretted doing it ever since, i hope they will some day forgive me for losing my mind for a moment” or “By beating them i try to make sure that both my wife and people that know us will not attempt this or any other thing that might upset me badly again”