RE: What is logic?
April 3, 2017 at 8:49 pm
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2017 at 8:52 pm by Simon Moon.)
(April 3, 2017 at 8:27 pm)Regina Wrote: Logic is thinking based on valid evidence and reason
Some people, and this is being generous to Rik, equate "logic" with, what seems to be, "common sense" for the one doing the evaluation.
The problem with that is, and we see it in all of Rik's posts, is that common sense is often times wrong. And worse, common sense is also very susceptible to confirmation bias. It is more than obvious that Rik's use of common sense always seems to confirm his existing beliefs. What a coincidence.
Humans live our lives mostly by inference and induction, which for the most part, is very successful in negotiating our daily lives. Today is similar to yesterday, situations we find ourselves in are similar to other situations, etc.
We think because this method of inference and induction is so successful to negotiating daily life, it must also work for other circumstances, like in support of existential claims. Problem for Rik is, it is a flawed method for his claims.
The problem for Rik is, he truly believes he is using logic, when, it is provable he is not.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
