For
Brain scans and hormones reflect emotional states.
Against
Emotions are subjective and cannot be fully quantified.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“When you're mad, a few structures in your brain light up, right?”
“use objective signs to determine the extent of an emotion and turn it into a quantified number”
“Ultimately our entire intellectual framework of emotions is rooted in subjective experiences.”
“Is it even theoretically possible to use objective signs to determine the extent of an emotion”