Logic and Dreams

Ambrose Bierce pondered one day, “Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.”
“Ah,” said Lewis Carroll, “Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.”
E. M. Forster quipped from the foyer, “Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!”
William E. Gladstone quickly retorted to Forster, “Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.”
Dale Carnegie decided to sway the debate by musing from the hot tub that “when dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.”
To which George Carlin added, “Yeah. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
George and Dale clinked their beers together in mutual respect.

Neil deGrasse Tyson awoke from his dream, checked his phone, and set his Facebook status with: “I am convinced that the act of thinking logically cannot possibly be natural to the human mind. If it were, then mathematics would be everybody’s easiest course at school and our species would not have taken several millennia to figure out the scientific method.”

Neil for the win!

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