” Lo went on to say that research in the past decade shows that rationality and emotion are not as dichotomous as we might assume.? In fact, he says that we need to be able to feel emotion in order to be ?logical?.? In other words, emotion and logic are two sides of the same coin.? Medical research reveals that brain-injured individuals lack the ability to use heuristics to navigate the complexity of daily life.? Doctors say that these patients spend inordinate amounts of time on minute tasks like picking fonts for a Word document, or picking what to wear in the morning.”

Hey he is a Ph.D at MIT and I am only a mere M.A. from Chicago….so, don’t believe me, but do believe Dr. Andrew Lo. (just ask us if you need help learning how to use the insight ; /)

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