Let us begin with a simple statement: Logic can reveal shortcuts in processes, but cannot, itself, be the subject of a shortcut.
Processes in general include thought processes in specific, thus logic can reveal shortcuts in the forming, refining, understanding, criticism and expression of thought.
Because logic demands careful and attentive adherence to a deliberate, step-by-step sequence of actions the tendency of humans to favor comfort will at times disincline them employ logic.
Often logic also demands confronting and examining ideas or concepts that evoke an uncomfortable, displeasing or otherwise agitating emotional response, further compounding the tendency towards irrationality.
The inescapably useful methodology of logic creates the paradox of its disuse.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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