Captain Poofter

Humans have emotions, yes, but it is not why we succeeded. ALL animals have emotions. If we blame our success on our emotions, then every animal should be as successful as we are. which they aren’t. Humans are the Wise Man for a reason. Our primary adaptions that allowed is to survive over other animals is our intelligence and broad diet. might not be as romantic as our emotions think it should be, but that’s what the evidence says.

i see behaviors that encourage survival that have been reinforced by millenia of evolution

one could call this an “emotional connection” i guess but emotions themselves are very purpose oriented