Emotion

For me this was one of the most interesting ways of knowledge; Emotion. It is such a big concept.

The lecture started and we started debating how to be rational and how to be emotional are somehow the opposite. We either think of something with our emotions or with our rational way of seeing things. Diana made a great example of this, in love, we sometimes have to decide if we either go rational (thinking with our barin) or emotional (normally reffered as to the heart). For me, the emotional way of knowledge is the strongest, as we have almost no control over it, it somehow controls us.

The lecture procedeed and we started talking about a very shocking case,about a guy named Phineas Gage. In an accident he got hit by a tamping iron that went through his head, doing serious neurological damage. The curious thing about this is that Mr. Gage did not died, but he only suffered a personality change and some rational issues. This personality change involved a total lack of emotions. With no emotions it is impossible to communicate. I believe for you to hold a conversation, you need to know that when you tell something you expect an emotional reaction, or else why would you tell the story?
Here is the case:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Phineas-Gage-Neurosciences-Most-Famous-Patient.html

As the lecture was ending Ms. Briggs mentioned some EQ's. This are some exams that are pretty important in some parts of the world. It is basically the same as an IQ but in an emotional matter.

For me, it was an amazing lecture, because it taught me that emotions actually are of grand importance for communication.