Thursday, February 28, 2013

Spock and the evolution of emotions/Ekman





Emotional Intelligence






Return to opening questions
What are the 7 higher emotions?
What are the 6 lower emotions?
Are emotions learned or are they instinctual? On what basis would you decide?
Do different cultures have different emotions? On what basis would you decide?
Does emotion get in the way of reason? If so, in what ways?
Could we reason better if we could get rid of emotions? Why?
Do emotions affect intelligence? If so, how?
Would intelligent machines need to have emotions? Why or why not?