I apologize for the delayed response. Fascinating study on emotions and beliefs. Fear seems to be the real killer of rationality. Still, emotion and thought can only be divided by thought experiment. I have yet to see myself or anyone say anything without emotional content. So much could be said about this but I'll keep this short.
I would probably expand on that list of basic emotions (fear, anger, sadness, joy, disgust, surprise, trust, and anticipation) and include reverence or love as emotions and probably others...still working on that in myself. But wouldn't you say that the desire to act out of rationality is driven by powerful emotions, namely trust in the process of rationality and anticipation of getting better outcomes through its employment. But also out of deep respect and appreciation for truth and our mind's precarious relationship to it. Not that I believe I know the truth any more than others, I'm working with what I got as does anyone. It's fun to explore.
Yes! I've got an Ibenez Artcore AS73, which is like a Gibson ES335... only it's not, but it's not bad for $300. Still waiting on the big bucks to get a PRS 
Just having fun with it for now though I had fancied myself being a musician at one time. Love to play around with effects to get all sorts of interesting and colorful sounds. Kind of the opposite of all the acoustic music I love listening to. And I've actually mostly been playing a mandolin lately that I picked up a few years ago in SF. What about you?
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