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Here is a great article about emotions and universalism versus constructionism. It seems amazing that given our chaotic times and the raging emotions that drive so much of behaviour that we still haven't got consensus on even the most basic of concepts about emotions. https://aeon.co/essays/human-culture-and-cognition-evolved-through-the-emotions?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fd21a582d3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_08_22_05_45&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-fd21a582d3-69548221 Also - Darwin, wasn't working out the basis of all lifeforms enough? Had to just have major insight in emotions more than a 100 years before the field of affective neuroscience started. Humbling as a scientist! This phrase about emotions is notable that they are  " the power to feel and respond appropriately", which resonates with the old Zen Koan whereby a student asks his teacher:  “What is the highest, most profound teaching of all the buddhas?” His teacher replie...