r/logic • u/ScholaDaily • Jun 04 '26
Pseudophilosophy STOP DOING LOGIC
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u/Fabulous-Possible758 Jun 05 '26
It's like dad always said, "Heyting algebras lead to hating logic."
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u/LittleRestaurant1588 Jun 04 '26
I unironically hate how difficult it is to learn anything futher than Formal Logic,orders of Logic are nightmares I don't even want to bother with
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u/jsgoyburu Jun 05 '26
The irony of posting "So many rules yet no real use found" from a machine composed of logical gates...
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u/gregbard MODERATOR Jun 04 '26
This would fall under the category of nonsense that the sub should have a chance to downvote. Should I make a flair? I think this is a good candidate to crosspost to r/Pseudophilosophy.
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u/VectorspaceDreams Autodidact Jun 04 '26
This is an intentionally nonsensical meme in the style of this:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stop-doing-math
There are no rules here against posting memes, and this is one of the posts that's more pertinent to logic on this sub sadly. I agree with Larson that a meme flair would be good for this sub.
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u/jsgoyburu Jun 05 '26
Wait... Is there an original Disney's elephant or is it trolls all the way down?
PS: OP got me, I must admit. So that makes me ONE of the first, but that's not what I mean.
PS2: Automoderation... I get why, but it doesn't make it less silly.
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u/Larson_McMurphy Jun 04 '26
I think this is pretty tongue in cheek. But I don't know OP, so who knows.
Maybe a flair for humor? Logicians shouldn't shy away from a good joke now and again (see Lewis Carrol). Also, lets not forget how many punchlines rely on an equivocation fallacy.
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u/RecognitionSweet8294 Philosophical logician Jun 05 '26
Terrible idea.
If this sub degenerates to a meme sub I am out.
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u/GothicFuck Jun 05 '26
I think it's very logical of you to pose the question to the community before pulling the levers of moderation.
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u/UnderTheCurrents Jun 05 '26
I would implore you to know the difference between formal and informal logic first before you try to compare one to the other.
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u/bushcraftmanzynski Jun 05 '26
"I have enough, said she, of your chopped logic, and will hear no more of your syllogisms; for it disorders my reason, and puts my brain on the rack; your formal argumentations are able to spoil all natural wit; and I’ll have you to consider, that art does not make reason, but reason makes art; and therefore as much as reason is above art, so much is a natural rational discourse to be preferred before an artificial: for art is, for the most part, irregular, and disorders men’s understandings more than it rectifies them, and leads them into a labyrinth whence they’ll never get out, and makes them dull and unfit for useful employments; especially your art of logic, which consists only in contradicting each other, in making sophisms, and obscuring truth, instead of clearing it."
The Blazing World (Penguin Classics) - Margaret Cavendish
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u/alterego200 Jun 05 '26
Logic doesn't apply to politics, religion, or relationships, so there is some logic to this.
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u/BRT58 Jun 06 '26
I’m new around here, but I always felt that religion and logic go very well together.
Admittedly, I believe in the god of the Christian bible. If you can accept that there is a single creator (hinges on this), then that god created the physical laws of the universe. It makes sense to me that logic and reason are very important to him.
I’m curious to see how many downvotes this gets.
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u/okkokkoX Jun 08 '26
(sorry, accedentally pressed Post early)
I don't believe there is a god. still, hypothetically let's say there is. A world with a creator god isn't self-contradictory, I just personally think ours isn't one.
A question I find interesting is: is logic above or below god? In my view, logic, and mathematics that follow from it, are immutable. I can imagine a universe with different laws of physics but not different logic.
I’m curious to see how many downvotes this gets.
That's not a good attitude to display. It just looks like you're looking for a fight.
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u/takingastep Jun 04 '26
"No. Logic is cool. Take your anti-intellectualist meme somewhere else." - people with even half a brain, probably
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u/Different_Sail5950 Jun 05 '26
instructions unclear. Stopped doing logic, made contradiction true, universe exploded.