I agree that we are born with terrible reasoning skills (and logic by whatever definition). But where I disagree on this point is that I think we still have them at birth. How else could we learn, if we didnt have an innate set of reasoning to understand?

At the same time, we're born with shit emotional control. Tantrums over spilled milk, babies crying for no reason, etc. But, adults have been shown to exhibit such shity emotional control and understanding too (med school student and the uber fiasco). On the other hand, you have Obama who is facing the extreme stresses of the presidency...yet hasnt thrown a tantrum yet.

Both logic and emotion are things that need to be understood and developed. We can't be throwing tantrums as adults, and we can't rarionally believe the Mayans are coming to kill us in 2012.