05-02-2019, 07:19 PM
(03-03-2019, 01:12 PM)redchartreuse Wrote:(03-03-2019, 01:36 AM)xise Wrote: though on the surface fear and worry appear cloak themselves in reason and reasonability.
Just to be clear, are you saying that reasonability is always fear in disguise? Or simply that fear often disguises itself as reason?
Fear often disguises itself as reason.
Though I wouldn't use the word disguise. Reason and logic can serve any master/any distortion, though reason does rule out a few limited distortions (such as randomness or pure emotional-based thinking). However a lot of people think reasoning is the end all be all of decision making, whereas really unless you dig deep into the underlying perspectives and views you have, you're still going to be reasoning based on distortions.