02-05-2003 17:46									#1
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Vote the most significant human emotion.

	02-05-2003 17:53									#2
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I think belief is really the most significant human emotion, in the meaning that most other emotions come from it. Belief is the direct consequence of intelligence, and is one of the first thing that separates us from animals.

	02-05-2003 17:58									#3
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Where is the Choice:

"I am from Vulcan. Could you please explain to me, what this strange concept "Emotion" is?"

	02-05-2003 18:33									#4
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Belief for feelings, but its not an emotion.

I think it would be hard to find an emotion that has had more far-reaching consequences as hate. Possibly a hate/fear combo has driven society's "progress"

	02-05-2003 18:37									#5
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Love

Without love, we simply wouldn't have tribes/clans/society. As a result, we'd all be lion food.

	02-05-2003 18:45									#6
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From Corinthians:


"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is love."

	02-05-2003 18:58									#7
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http://anger.com
http://fear.com
http://hunger.com
http://laziness.com
http://envy.com

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	02-05-2003 19:00									#8
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Hunger and fear are common for animals too, so they are not specific human IMO. Can animals feel love, anger, envy or laziness? Not sure.

For humans I think love, hope (isn´t belief just a special form of hope?) and despair are most significant, although much of human behaviour seem to be driven by those other feelings too.

	02-05-2003 19:17									#9
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What is the feeling when I listen to an achingly beautiful piece of music, and it moves me so much that it feels like I am literally being lifted out of myself?

That's one of them, that's all I know. Other than that...hope is among the most important. Without it, what is there to live for?

Sorrow is also incredibly important, as it makes us truly human, and without it, joy wouldn't be nearly as wonderful.

Ecstasy, Joy, Sorrow, and Hope. All of which seem to be components of Love...

	02-05-2003 19:22									#10
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hunger, as far as I know no one can love or hate without food!!

	02-05-2003 19:25									#11
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Hmm...

I would have voted love.

But then I wanted to live before I learnt to love, thus I chose hope.


But this is only what keeps me alive.

Wait.. Just thought about it. It's way interconnected.


Ok change it to love.

	02-05-2003 19:26									#12
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I checked hope because compassion was not an option. I would have checked love but I don't think most people know what the word means. A little pitter-patter in your heart is not the greatest emotion.

If someone has lost their compassion they have lost everything. All logic and emotion should enforce compassion for our fellow human beings.

	02-05-2003 19:26									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov What is the feeling when I listen to an achingly beautiful piece of music, and it moves me so much that it feels like I am literally being lifted out of myself?

Good point, how can we describe it - admiration/illumination? But it seems to be more ambiguous and it includes IMO a kind of happyness,

	02-05-2003 19:31									#14
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I think it was Jimmy Hendrix (even though I don't like his style of music) who called music a spiritual thing. There is obviously more to music than meets the eye. Everyone from Satanists to Christians use music as a tool to invoke a spiritual presence.

	02-05-2003 19:34									#15
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Somehow, I guessed that love would win this one...

	02-05-2003 19:41									#16
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ive never felt what love is, like a man/woman kind of love. therefore i eliminate it from the choices and select hope, because it is hope that drives me every day

	02-05-2003 20:08									#17
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I chose anger, because it drives me everyday.

	02-05-2003 20:11									#18
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The most important human feeling is desire. For without it, who would desire love? Love is a great runner-up.

	02-05-2003 20:15									#19
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Love and Joy.

	02-05-2003 22:00									#20
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Humility

	02-05-2003 22:02									#21
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Respect for others.

From the list, I would say love.

But what I really mean is respect for other human life. The desire to do the right thing, the just thing when interacting with other people. This can probably be classified as a type of love; but I certainly don't mean romantic love.

We have to respect others and the rights of others, that's what makes the world work. The most painful episodes of human history occurred when people don't respect the rights of others.

Romantic love is nice, but the world might survive without it (think about Brave New World with Leonard Nimoy). Without sufficient respect for others we are doomed.

	02-05-2003 22:20									#22
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I said belief, like Spiff..

where is pride? certainly it is more important than envy.

	02-05-2003 22:22									#23
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quote: where is pride? certainly it is more important than envy.

I think that's the last option

	02-05-2003 22:53									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Space05us hunger, as far as I know no one can love or hate without food!!

Hunger is not an emotion though.

	02-05-2003 22:55									#25
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Depends on what "hunger" means. Literal hunger, no. Emotional hunger, however... desire is very potent!

	02-05-2003 22:55									#26
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Desire is not a human emotion, neither is hope.

Man you people are messed up.

	02-05-2003 22:57									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Depends on what "hunger" means. Literal hunger, no. Emotional hunger, however... desire is very potent!

I'd say "hunger" is just a subset of desires, which are just basic cravings for things. Sure, they are very strong driving forces, but I don't think they are emotions in the strictest sense. Neither are "belief," "hope," and "laziness."

	02-05-2003 22:58									#28
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Where's lust?

	02-05-2003 22:59									#29
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

emotion

n : any strong feeling

Desire and hope are both strong feelings, ergo...

	02-05-2003 23:08									#30
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belief isn't an emotion either, because emotions don't have truth values.