When people say "emotion just gets in the way", what do you think they mean? Why does or doesn't it make sense to refer to emotion as an obstacle?

When someone says that "emotion just gets in the way", they are saying that someone's feelings and amity, their passions and sentiments, cloud their sense of practicality and force them to make a choice that seems good only because of the emotional baggage that is lost with it. If someone is ensnared in a quagmire of conflicting decisions, it is likely that they will let their emotions take control of them and make a decision …

…magnitude of the influence of emotion on one's choices depends on how closely one is connected with the issue at hand, the after-effects of the decision that the choice-maker considers, and, in the case of the teenager wanting the car, whether or not the situation at hand is even a question that warrants consideration. In some cases, emotion can be considered an obstacle that impairs one's judgment, but in others, it has absolutely no effect.