Originally Posted by
Quincunx
Heck, it's even scarier now that we can accurately pinpoint which link in the brain is broken to produce that effect (and we can--citation will take hours to track down, since I have no idea where I read it, but it's doable if you insist). In yet another proof that logic and emotions run on different circuits and never the two shall meet, you can tell someone with this broken connection exactly what the problem is, and he'll agree with you, and still not be able to believe you since the contradictory emotional input persists.