Emotions are not reasoning, pure and simple. When what you want is to get to the truth, especially in the context of reading words on the screen, getting emotional is purely an impediment to the goal.
You can't have thoughts without emotions. There is such a thing as being too emotional and letting the emotions take control and prevent you from using proper reasoning, but this isn't the absence of emotions. Emotions are highly useful, but like anything it is more about balance. Don't try to be a Vulcan Mr Spock, you're human too.
Sure you can. What emotion do you feel when evaluating the correctness of the statement 2+2 = 4? More importantly, if you can even name one, what impact does it have on the outcome?
Again, the claim was that emotions are an impediment to truth-seeking. They are not reasoning. They are useful for interpersonal relationships, but absolutely worthless when determining whether something is true or false. If we are going to play at tired pop-culture references, here is another: facts don't care about your feelings
Generally bordem? Sometimes if I'm doing a lot of these types of work I get sloppy and can transpose numbers or make small errors.
For example, my comment obviously made you feel upset. There is no reason to believe I have not understood the claim correctly. I just disagreed with it. Which should be okay. Not everyone has to agree with you, right? That would be egotistical.
But let's look at a clear example that is much harder to dispute in how emotions play a role. You know that _joy_ and _excitement_ you get when you solve a really tough problem? How you overcame all that _frustration_ and _disappointment_? That dopamine hit that makes you feel on top of the world? That also is part of what drives you to keep pursuing these things. That makes you _stubborn_ and _focused_ because you have _pride_ and you're _curiosity_ _driven_. Without emotions you wouldn't be doing this in the first place.
The thing is that your biological machine was designed with emotions into the operating system. It is part of the language itself. But we are probably instead thinking of the definition of emotions differently. Just because you don't notice your feelings doesn't mean they aren't there. Indifference, seriousness, sincerity, ennui, indigence, self-confidence, reluctance, calmness, annoyance, insightfulness, and perseverance are all emotions, some of which you are exhibiting right now as you read this. What I propose instead is that recognizing this you can in turn control your emotions rather than let them be in control of you, which I think you'd fully agree upon. Emotions don't have to be extreme but nor do they need to be depressed (diction chosen with intent). They don't have to cleanly fit in a bin. Instead, emotions to us are like water to a fish. Rather than ridding yourself of emotions, you harness them. I'd suggest that it is a far better way to reach your goals as your working with the wetware you've been given instead of working against it. You don't need to install a new operating system but just learn to exploit the one you have. That's why I say that you are human too Mr Spock.
Is there a name for this "appeal to-non emotion" line of non-reasoning? Maybe the "Vulcan Fallacy"?