16/05/2010

How do emotions exist when we're made up from purely physical building blocks. Of course, that means that bipolars, mass murderers and autistic people had their Lego bricks placed slightly differently.
What I'm getting at is that the human body is entirely tangible, the brain included, so what makes us irrational? In theory, depending on your construction, any outcome of any situation can be predicted. The old answer is to keep us alive, from escaping a bear because of fear. Love can be explained rationally as well, as you want someone to look after you when you're old.
Antonio Damasio, brain researcher, says: “Emotions are not the intangible and vaporous qualities that many presume them to be. Brain systems work together to give us emotions just as they do with sight and smell.” I disagree. Discuss!