Emotional Intelligence

Data is a character from Star Trek: the Next generation. He resembles a super smart computer without any feelings. “Data seeks to feel, knowing that something essential is missing. He wants friendship, loyalty; like the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz, he lacks a heart. Lacking the lyrical sense that feeling brings, Data can play music or write poetry, with technical virtuosity, but not feel its passion. The lesson of Data’s yearning for yearning itself is that the higher values of the human heart—faith, hope, devotion, love—are missing entirely from the cognitive [purely intellectual] view. Emotions enrich; a model of mind that leaves them out is impoverished.” –DanielGoleman