Reading just made me dumber

Here’s something I read regarding arguments, from David Ransburg, a therapist at the Family Institute at Northwestern University:

“When we’re in a ‘flooded’ emotional state, access to the part of the brain where logical thinking resides is inhibited, and IQ drops noticeably – perhaps by as much as 15 points.”

Well that’s just great. When you most want to be sharp and indisputably right is the exact time when your brain is going to go all to pot, and you are going to be at your stupidest. And now that I know this, I will undoubtedly be more aware of the stupid things that come out of my mouth, causing me to get more angry and argumentative, thereby causing further stupidity. It’s an endless cycle of dumbness. I will have to only get into arguments with people whose IQ’s are at least 15 points lower than mine to begin with.



On a side note...
Remember the coworker I have who likes to read and talk about menopause? Even though she has not experienced it yet? One should not turn to her during the day and ask if it suddenly just got hot in here. She will not make one feel very good about this statement. It is especially unfortunate to mention a thing such as the heat when one is approaching a birthday.