Yet, ironically(?), your emotions are telling you to rely more narrowly on your estimation of the person’s intellect? I think that’s what had me confused—I was assuming you were saying your intellect wanted you to focus on intellect while your emotions were urging you to include emotions, among possibly other factors. One would hope that the emotional drive to use narrower criteria would be short-lived in comparison to your more deeply rooted (?) intellectual position.
Yet, ironically(?), your emotions are telling you to rely more narrowly on your estimation of the person’s intellect? I think that’s what had me confused—I was assuming you were saying your intellect wanted you to focus on intellect while your emotions were urging you to include emotions, among possibly other factors. One would hope that the emotional drive to use narrower criteria would be short-lived in comparison to your more deeply rooted (?) intellectual position.