Who rules your world--your heart or your head?

BigV · 04-26-2005, 11:31 PM

Are you a logical Vulcan? Are you the emotional Bones? Do you consult all the research before you form your opinion? Do you just go with your gut? Are you both? What's your balance? Are there areas that are "just the facts, ma'am" and other areas where you "trust the force"?

How have you changed over time? When has your choice been the wrong one? How do you relate to the "other" side?

lookout123 · 04-26-2005, 11:32 PM

yes.

now where's the damn poll?

BigV · 04-26-2005, 11:44 PM

must. control. mouse. of. death. I f*cked up the poll, it's missing option #1, Just the facts, ma'am. HELP!

Undertoad · 04-26-2005, 11:49 PM

Whaddya need heah?

BigV · 04-26-2005, 11:56 PM

see pm.

lookout123 · 04-27-2005, 12:10 AM

first response is alost always based on emotion. as i've aged i've learned to stop and see if the facts support my instincts.

wolf · 04-27-2005, 12:19 AM

I use the force.

Information flow is as much of the force as the energy flow, you know ...

Damn. I think I voted the second the poll was being edited. My vote has not been counted, or went in as "just the facts".

Troubleshooter · 04-27-2005, 08:08 AM

I'm with Wolf except for the etheric aspect. The unconscious is my friend, we make a real good team.

The heart just pisses me off in the long run.

lumberjim · 04-27-2005, 09:38 AM

I hold up facts against my gut feeling. a wise man once said, "Facts are stupid things."
what i mean is that how I interpret the facts depends largely on how I 'feel' about something.

Beestie · 04-27-2005, 10:01 AM

I don't think gut and heart are the same thing. There's head (objective analysis of facts), heart (I want it so it must be right) and then there's gut which which is difficult to define exactly but I wouldn't call it emotional yet I wouldn't call it analytical either - its sort of a locus of wisdom and common sense.

In the absence of facts, I go with gut. If I have enough facts I go with head but gut has veto power. But that's now. The first 30 odd years of my tortured life was my heart leading me on wild goose chases while obscuring from my head the obvious destination of those chases.

jaguar · 04-27-2005, 10:13 AM

very delicate balance of both working together. Exact balance topic dependant. Ts has a point, subconscious is either a good friend or a terrible enemy.

Catwoman · 04-27-2005, 10:23 AM

The heart is an organ that pumps blood around the body. If it hurts, you're probably having a heart attack.

While I'm at it, the eyes are not windows, they're matter attached to the brain allowing you to see.

All this personification of organs does my head in.

Troubleshooter · 04-27-2005, 10:27 AM

It's not personification, it's culturalization of physical responses to certain stimuli.

Catwoman · 04-27-2005, 10:30 AM

Right. Sorry, all this culturisation (in a culture obsessed with personality) of organs does my head in. Anyway, your heart does not hurt when you're upset or in love, it's usually your stomach. So there. Ner ner ner ner ner.

jaguar · 04-27-2005, 10:32 AM

anthropomorphism is the word your looking for though symbolic metaphor through anthropomorphisation might be a more complete description. Now i think about it anthropomorphisation of part of a person leads to an intersting kind of meta-anthropomorphisation loop.

I'm going to go lie down now.

View Poll Results: Who rules you? Your heart or your head?
Just the facts, ma'am.	3	11.11%
I trust the force.	1	3.70%
It depends, sometimes head, sometimes heart, 50/50.	16	59.26%
Mostly head, rarely gut.	5	18.52%
I have excellent instincts/intuition, I only resort to facts occasionally.	2	7.41%
Voters: 27. You may not vote on this poll

04-26-2005, 11:32 PM	#2
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	yes. now where's the damn poll? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-26-2005, 11:44 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	must. control. mouse. of. death. I f*cked up the poll, it's missing option #1, Just the facts, ma'am. HELP! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

04-26-2005, 11:56 PM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	see pm. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

04-27-2005, 12:10 AM	#6
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	first response is alost always based on emotion. as i've aged i've learned to stop and see if the facts support my instincts. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-26-2005, 11:31 PM	#1
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Who rules your world--your heart or your head? Are you a logical Vulcan? Are you the emotional Bones? Do you consult all the research before you form your opinion? Do you just go with your gut? Are you both? What's your balance? Are there areas that are "just the facts, ma'am" and other areas where you "trust the force"? How have you changed over time? When has your choice been the wrong one? How do you relate to the "other" side? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 04-26-2005 at 11:43 PM. Reason: poll missing option number one.

04-26-2005, 11:49 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Whaddya need heah?

04-27-2005, 12:19 AM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I use the force. Information flow is as much of the force as the energy flow, you know ... Damn. I think I voted the second the poll was being edited. My vote has not been counted, or went in as "just the facts". __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-27-2005, 08:08 AM	#8
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	I'm with Wolf except for the etheric aspect. The unconscious is my friend, we make a real good team. The heart just pisses me off in the long run. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

04-27-2005, 09:38 AM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I hold up facts against my gut feeling. a wise man once said, "Facts are stupid things." what i mean is that how I interpret the facts depends largely on how I 'feel' about something. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-27-2005, 10:01 AM	#10
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	I don't think gut and heart are the same thing. There's head (objective analysis of facts), heart (I want it so it must be right) and then there's gut which which is difficult to define exactly but I wouldn't call it emotional yet I wouldn't call it analytical either - its sort of a locus of wisdom and common sense. In the absence of facts, I go with gut. If I have enough facts I go with head but gut has veto power. But that's now. The first 30 odd years of my tortured life was my heart leading me on wild goose chases while obscuring from my head the obvious destination of those chases. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

04-27-2005, 10:13 AM	#11
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	very delicate balance of both working together. Exact balance topic dependant. Ts has a point, subconscious is either a good friend or a terrible enemy. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

04-27-2005, 10:23 AM	#12
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	The heart is an organ that pumps blood around the body. If it hurts, you're probably having a heart attack. While I'm at it, the eyes are not windows, they're matter attached to the brain allowing you to see. All this personification of organs does my head in. __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

04-27-2005, 10:27 AM	#13
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	It's not personification, it's culturalization of physical responses to certain stimuli. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

04-27-2005, 10:30 AM	#14
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	Right. Sorry, all this culturisation (in a culture obsessed with personality) of organs does my head in. Anyway, your heart does not hurt when you're upset or in love, it's usually your stomach. So there. Ner ner ner ner ner. __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

04-27-2005, 10:32 AM	#15
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	anthropomorphism is the word your looking for though symbolic metaphor through anthropomorphisation might be a more complete description. Now i think about it anthropomorphisation of part of a person leads to an intersting kind of meta-anthropomorphisation loop. I'm going to go lie down now. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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