TexDanm
Junior Member
The thing about logic is that it is totally tied to the available knowledge. That, if you refuse to reasonably consider the illogical, is possibly even worse than being totally without logic. Let us just for a moment think of what the logical opinion was in the 12th and 13th century concerning the shape of the world was. Based on what was commonly known the idea that the world was a sphere and sometimes you were upside down compared to other times was rediculous. Yes, I know that there were people, even then, that were thinking this and some even were advanced enough to calculate fairly closely the size. They were often considered idiots, possessed or maybe Satinicly influenced by the very logical majority.
Nearly all major world-changing discoveries and inventions started with someone that went against conventional logic. Where was the logic with the knowledge of the time that running a long copper wire back and forth through a magnet could have such power? All too often people get stuck mentally on logic and their logic is like a blindfold or blinkers that only allow them to see, think or imagine a very limited spectrum of ideas and possibilities.
Logic and illogic work together to bring forth new ideas. Some times there is just no logical way to get from point A to point B. So you try it anyway despite the illogic and usually in spite of jears and criticisms of the majority of your peers. Then when it works you take that new information and progress logically until you hit the next block. It is amazing how many of our most respected inventors and scientists were at one point in their life generally considered crazy at best.
Logic without illogic is just as limiting as illogic without logic. Religion, Spirituality, and "Science" all are heavily based on opinions that are based on guesses about things that they are not actually well understood at all...and yet all three claim to have the only true facts and knowledge...and all three consider an open mind to be a threat to their beliefs...
Nearly all major world-changing discoveries and inventions started with someone that went against conventional logic. Where was the logic with the knowledge of the time that running a long copper wire back and forth through a magnet could have such power? All too often people get stuck mentally on logic and their logic is like a blindfold or blinkers that only allow them to see, think or imagine a very limited spectrum of ideas and possibilities.
Logic and illogic work together to bring forth new ideas. Some times there is just no logical way to get from point A to point B. So you try it anyway despite the illogic and usually in spite of jears and criticisms of the majority of your peers. Then when it works you take that new information and progress logically until you hit the next block. It is amazing how many of our most respected inventors and scientists were at one point in their life generally considered crazy at best.
Logic without illogic is just as limiting as illogic without logic. Religion, Spirituality, and "Science" all are heavily based on opinions that are based on guesses about things that they are not actually well understood at all...and yet all three claim to have the only true facts and knowledge...and all three consider an open mind to be a threat to their beliefs...
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