And it holds true for all emotions, both positive and negative ones.
Greed makes people believe emails saying "you've won $1,000,000 USD".
Fear makes old people believe some stupid stone will cure all diseases.
Anger makes people resort to violence without thinking of the consequences.
Depression causes people to commit suicide.
Desperation cause people to do illogical things (thinking paper wouldn't soak water for example)
Love can cause people to do dumb things as well obviously.
Absolute Loyalty cause Japanese Soldiers to "Kamikaze".
Anytime you're under a some intense emotional state, your intelligence drops tremendously.
It's not necessarily a bad thing all the time though.
Sometimes, you just need to get into an intense state to help you make difficult decisions.
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