Are people capable of rational thought while panicking?

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  • January 28, 2018 9:44 pm at 9:44 pm #1458116
    👑RebYidd23
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    I think many people end up behaving differently from how they expect they will.

    January 28, 2018 10:31 pm at 10:31 pm #1458158
    DovidBT
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    It might apply to the engineers calmly sitting at their desks designing algoritms for autonomous (self-driving) vehicles.

    January 28, 2018 11:38 pm at 11:38 pm #1458177
    Joseph
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    Yes, some will be able to react properly and thinkingly under the pressure and time constraints.

    January 29, 2018 6:39 am at 6:39 am #1458209
    👑RebYidd23
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    But is that a good way to be, since in general, the effects of that rush of adrenaline are worth the loss of some thinking abilities?

    January 29, 2018 6:40 am at 6:40 am #1458222
    Uber_Chacham
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    Isn’t this one of the main purposes of mussar – to take what we know through the Torah that we should b’etzem be doing and ingrain it into ourselves so that it doesn’t even take any thought?

    One of the ways we are mechuyav to do something like this is by shema, by active thinking that yes, I would give up my life for the mitzvos.

    January 29, 2018 10:45 am at 10:45 am #1458382
    👑RebYidd23
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    That kind of learning takes practice, and practice driving trolleys over people is problematic.

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