Sunday Musings

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A: There is truth to the stereotype of philosophy majors being dickish.
B: Greater reinforcement by emotional + intuitive thought leads to more empathy.
C: Philosophy students find analytic thought more reinforcing than intuitive thought.
If B and C, then A?
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Compared to me, my wife's emotional IQ is off the charts.  She will spend literal seconds on a problem and come up with a better solution than I could in minutes.
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Interesting dynamic between Political Imagination and Political Speed, where influence is bi-directional. The Imagination becomes praxis through Passion and Pragmatic Analysis. Analysis can temper passion when it results in reduced Speed. Passion then tempers Political Imagination

• Passion is equal to the moral difference and distance between Political Imagination and Reality.

           > Passion is reinforced by values seen in reality.

• Pragmatic Analysis can lead to slow or fast Political Speed.
• Decreased Political Speeds increase time to see values in reality.

           > High Political Speeds decrease time to see values in reality.

• Decreased Political Speeds can lead to reduced Passion.

            > Increased Political Speeds can lead to increased Passion.

• Increased Passion can lead to increased Political Imagination.

           > Decreased passion can lead to decreased Political Imagination

For example, a high difference in Reality versus Imagined political order increases Passion, which is reinforced by values seen in reality.  But then Passion is tempered by Pragmatic Analysis, which could lead to support either faster or slower Speeds.  Speed then tempers Passion, as the frustration in extended length of moral distance.  Passion then tempers Political Imagination, as it drives imagining behavior.
 
(Analysis can be heavier or lighter but used as constant here for simplicity.  Further models could develop relevant contingencies).