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Weekly Sounding: Debating Emotions or Ideas?

Tempers get hot. People start running. Misunderstandings abound. That’s what happens when people start talking about religion and politics, immigration and universalism. We think we’re debating ideas. But really we’re feeling deep emotions (mostly unacknowledged). Feelings and relationships come fast in our brain (right brain, primarily)—our emotions. Thoughts, reasons, and clear arguments come slow (left brain, […]