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News at 10: not all of human thinking and interaction can be analysed by logic. Logic is a limited tool (though powerful when applied properly).
by swombat 13y ago
News at 10: not all of human thinking and interaction can be analysed by logic. Logic is a limited tool (though powerful when applied properly).
- jerf 13y agoAs one of the greatest logicians of the 20th century once said: Logic is a little tweeting bird chirping in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell bad. Are you sure your circuits are registering correctly? Your ears are green.
- mikeash 13y agoI think the real lesson is that humans aren't always (or even often) rational. A logical argument that assumes humans are always rational is incorrect. But if you have a good model of human thought and interaction that includes all the irrational parts, using logic to analyze it can work great.