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The most useful logic is that which predicts reality. Smart people are best at this. So I disagree with the author.
by a3voices 12y ago
The most useful logic is that which predicts reality. Smart people are best at this. So I disagree with the author.
- politician 12y agoRealistic people are best at predicting reality, by definition. Street smarts -- realism -- belongs to those who have deep domain expertise rather than pure raw IQ. Anyway, logic itself, as a system of reasoning, is known to be <strike>inconsistent</strike> incomplete (Godel, etc).
- quatrevingts 12y agoIncomplete, not inconsistent; i.e., not everything that is true is provable.
- politician 12y agoThanks, fixed.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoBut using logic is a trait of a dumb person anyways, the world is much better model probability theory which is designed to deal with uncertain, incomplete and incorrect data. It's basically what your brain does and what "street smarts" is, albeit the brain uses so many cognitive shortcuts and heuristics to avoid computing things.