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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Are emotions really at odds with logic?

This is this popular media concept that emotions are inherently illogical but I disagree.

I think a truly logical person can still have emotions. You don't need to be a Vulcan to be logical. Logic doesn't need to dictate every decision we make, only the ones that require logic.  


There is a time and place for either and sometimes there's even a time for both. Deciding on what you want to eat for dinner? Logic isn't important here.  


A logical person should be capable of recognizing when emotions interferes in a job for example, and remove themselves in that event. If a doctor just lost a family member, the logical course of action is to take a leave of absence and take time to process.  


What are your thoughts?  


Do you think emotions are inherently illogical?
gpt
If you look at this from a neuroscience perspective then you get a very interesting answer.

Basically there are three areas of the brain, the brain stem which controls what your body does, the limbic system which does emotion, and the cortex which does logic.

BUT, they're actually layered, cortex on top of limbic on top of brain stem. Meaning that any form of logic that a person can experience actually HAS to be at least partially processed by the limbic system and emotions before it becomes a response. So it's impossible as a human to experience only logic, and depending on how you think about it, this may redefine what logic means from a human perspective.