I decided to remove the fear and silence and start posting thoughts from my articles.
I’ve been thinking for a long time about where I want to start. How do LLMs work? How does the brain work? What is the definition of intelligence itself? Elliot’s story? (Honestly, while I was writing the articles I got tired of it, so no Elliot today.)
And also… I think and talk too long! How do I create a post? I just forgot how to describe something in a short form, because it feels like “short” is never enough. I see this as an opportunity to grow and improve this skill.
So I landed on emotions! Specifically: emotion is infrastructure. Shall we?
When I was growing up (and honestly, even more in adulthood), I heard many times that emotion clouds judgment. But what I learned is that neuroscience suggests the opposite.
It’s not that emotions are the problem - it’s that regulation is.
Emotions are signals that should be respected in the same way logic is.
I think of emotion as infrastructure. It routes signals between thought, memory, and action.
Logic can tell you what is consistent. But it can’t tell you what matters.
However, research shows that prioritization happens through:
- bodily signals;
- emotional salience;
- past felt experience;
Remove that layer and intelligence becomes weightless.
It can analyze endlessly… and still fail to choose.