Feelings Over Facts

A charity shows a photo of a starving child and asks for money. You feel the pull to give right now.

Emotions are not the enemy. They often point straight at something true and important. The trap springs only when feeling is used instead of evidence, not next to it. That is why the best manipulators do not argue with you. They make you feel so much that pausing to ask "is this actually true?" starts to feel cold-hearted.