I wish I had a better metaphor for how emotions and thinking interact. But I very much appreciate that you are rethinking the standard split between them. More than the "Blank Slate" I think this split is the worst idea in psychology. Perhaps some sort of balance metaphor would work. A dancer or gymnast? There is also a dark side to reason when it distances us from the harm we do to others.
I wish I had a better metaphor for how emotions and thinking interact. But I very much appreciate that you are rethinking the standard split between them. More than the "Blank Slate" I think this split is the worst idea in psychology. Perhaps some sort of balance metaphor would work. A dancer or gymnast? There is also a dark side to reason when it distances us from the harm we do to others.