Logic? Really?

One of the big fallacies, by which we often live, is that we make logical decisions. Oh, sometimes we do, about small things.  However, most of our decisions are rooted in our emotions.  When Joanne and I were dating I didn't do a spreadsheet of her pluses and minuses to determine if I should ask her to marry me. The decision was based on my feelings, and then after the fact. came logical justification.  When I hear a friend explain the logical reasons for a new car the cynic in me thinks "were the ash trays full?"  😊 
      Decisions we reach based our feelings will not be changed by logic. The quote below speaks to this reality. L. K. Hanson, a St. Olaf graduate I'm told, regularly provides timely quotes published on the Minneapolis StarTribune opinion pages, as was the one below to today's paper.  This phenomenon is why arguing politics is usually fruitless. 
    "Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong.  When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted.  It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore, and even deny anything that doesn't fit with their core belief."  Franzt Fanon  (1925-19610

   You may your own application to politics.

Takk for alt,

Al

Conrad Aiken wrote:
"All lovely things will have an ending,
All lovely things will fade and die,
And youth, that's now so bravely spending,
Will beg a penny by and by."