Zeratul 2.0
Lieutenant Colonel
I think this is a fundamental law (or problem) of the universe -- the contrast between logic (reasoning) and power (energy).
As always Bewildered Zeratul likes to use the computer as an analogy to explain the thing.
What is logic? Obviously, the "AND" "OR" "NOT" upon which the bottom level of the computer is built.
What is power? Just as the name indicates, "electric power" is the power in this example.
I'd say the reflection upon logic and reasoning is a state-of-the-art, a cutting-edge school of thought. Logic means the rights and wrongs. People searching the "meaning of life" and "the core of the universe" arrives at reasoning and use it to explain trending world events.
The focus on the logic (reasoning) may be in itself wholesome and complete. But the flaw, I think, is the neglection of the power.
And reasoning is just what the intellectual's doing, a doing of those who think, argue, and value the brain. Question -- is logic still there, when you do not think of it? Or when you cannot think of it because you don't have the energy?
On the contrary, the vast majority of those considered rustic, illiterate peasants and countrymen value their hands or their physical labor over the brain. And this following analogy I heard is kinda from such "other half of the population" -- they say "when there is no power, the computer is just a pile of waste metal, and the phone is just a brick." In contact with such people I found that they "hate thinking". They want instincts and they want instant reply in their conversation -- the three second or five second rule. If you talk slower than that, they will regard you an outsider and not their kind. You will be disowned and considered "not family" "not friend" "not compatriot"... (OK this train of thoughts wanders too far. Let's turn back to the starting point...)
Again, what is logic? "Because A, therefore B" is logic. Logic is neither A, nor B, but what lies behind the transition from A to B.
Logic is organic. The above example can be considered one of the "neurons" and one of the atomic elements that comprise the whole, which is called a "system". A characteristics of the "system" is that everything must all be correct. A single flaw, one little "bug" will cause the entire system to malfunction and break down.
Energy (power) is different. Power can drive logic as well as illogic. As a proverb says "water runs downwards but men walks upwards". Human has the tendency to go against logic. The apple drops onto the ground due to gravity. But there is nothing humane about it. Contrarily, people go to the gym and lift weights. And we call these people very humane. And we all love Stylone and Schwarzenegger.
Also, energy does not malfunction when severed into parts. Separate 1 kWh of power into two halves. Each will be 0.5 kWh and still the same energy nonetheless. This is different from logic. If you chop a computer into two halves with an axe, neither half is a computer anymore!
If there is a war between power and logic, I want to take the side of the logic but I think it might lose, and the power might win.
I wonder -- Is there perfect logic, that need not be driven? This question is somehow the same as "can you win an argument without saying anything". If things turn out as you imagined or wished without you pushing it; if others do things just in a way you see fit; there is the logic that does not need the driving force of energy, for you.
As always Bewildered Zeratul likes to use the computer as an analogy to explain the thing.
What is logic? Obviously, the "AND" "OR" "NOT" upon which the bottom level of the computer is built.
What is power? Just as the name indicates, "electric power" is the power in this example.
I'd say the reflection upon logic and reasoning is a state-of-the-art, a cutting-edge school of thought. Logic means the rights and wrongs. People searching the "meaning of life" and "the core of the universe" arrives at reasoning and use it to explain trending world events.
The focus on the logic (reasoning) may be in itself wholesome and complete. But the flaw, I think, is the neglection of the power.
And reasoning is just what the intellectual's doing, a doing of those who think, argue, and value the brain. Question -- is logic still there, when you do not think of it? Or when you cannot think of it because you don't have the energy?
On the contrary, the vast majority of those considered rustic, illiterate peasants and countrymen value their hands or their physical labor over the brain. And this following analogy I heard is kinda from such "other half of the population" -- they say "when there is no power, the computer is just a pile of waste metal, and the phone is just a brick." In contact with such people I found that they "hate thinking". They want instincts and they want instant reply in their conversation -- the three second or five second rule. If you talk slower than that, they will regard you an outsider and not their kind. You will be disowned and considered "not family" "not friend" "not compatriot"... (OK this train of thoughts wanders too far. Let's turn back to the starting point...)
Again, what is logic? "Because A, therefore B" is logic. Logic is neither A, nor B, but what lies behind the transition from A to B.
Logic is organic. The above example can be considered one of the "neurons" and one of the atomic elements that comprise the whole, which is called a "system". A characteristics of the "system" is that everything must all be correct. A single flaw, one little "bug" will cause the entire system to malfunction and break down.
Energy (power) is different. Power can drive logic as well as illogic. As a proverb says "water runs downwards but men walks upwards". Human has the tendency to go against logic. The apple drops onto the ground due to gravity. But there is nothing humane about it. Contrarily, people go to the gym and lift weights. And we call these people very humane. And we all love Stylone and Schwarzenegger.
Also, energy does not malfunction when severed into parts. Separate 1 kWh of power into two halves. Each will be 0.5 kWh and still the same energy nonetheless. This is different from logic. If you chop a computer into two halves with an axe, neither half is a computer anymore!
If there is a war between power and logic, I want to take the side of the logic but I think it might lose, and the power might win.
I wonder -- Is there perfect logic, that need not be driven? This question is somehow the same as "can you win an argument without saying anything". If things turn out as you imagined or wished without you pushing it; if others do things just in a way you see fit; there is the logic that does not need the driving force of energy, for you.
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