Reason is the press secretary of the emotions, the ex post facto spin doctor of beliefs we’ve arrived at through a largely intuitive process.
The source is Jonathan Haidt, right?
Whoever it was, it was clearly someone who has never proved a theorem.
Ok, in context he’s talking about moral beliefs, but still.
We could say (with some degree of insight) that proving a theorem is something that the “press secretary” sometimes does as a hobby in its off hours.
The source is Jonathan Haidt, right?
Whoever it was, it was clearly someone who has never proved a theorem.
Ok, in context he’s talking about moral beliefs, but still.
We could say (with some degree of insight) that proving a theorem is something that the “press secretary” sometimes does as a hobby in its off hours.