"Logic is invented by humans and may be ignored by the universe. - Will Durant"
Ancient cultures of India, china and greece have developed and documented formal logics. The laws of deduction, inference etc are fundamental to these. Observing the happenings, analysing, debating, rationalising, linking behaviors and root causes to results are all part of our human learning.
In spite of centuries of such learning, it seems inadequate and the universe surprises us constantly. Give enough time and humans contradict/trash their own learnings.
Have we missed some variables? Do we need to observe and analyse more? Or as Will Durant said, the universe does not follow any logic?
If the world cannot be explained, how can its micro components be considered understood?
Is the endeavor of logic, self perpetuating and will forever remain inadequate by design?
On the other hand, should humans submit themselves to the vagaries of universe, ' go with the flow' and stop figuring it out to the extent possible, to make their lives a little better?
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The key ingredients of all four conventional types of logics are based on a combination of known facts, perceived understanding/learnings, experiences etc and they keep evolving as the key ingredients evolve. Knowing the universe is infinitely unknown and then applying the logic to predict or estimate it’s surprises is illogical
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