Logic Quotes - Page 9

Water is two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. What if someone says, “Well, that’s not how I choose to think about water.”? All we can do is appeal to scientific values. And if he doesn’t share those values, the conversation is over. If someone doesn’t value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove they should value it? If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?

Naturally, the psychological susceptibility of a match participant is significantly higher than a participant in a tournament, since each game substantially changes the over-all position.

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

God cannot be understood by logical reasoning but only by submission.

We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope

The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and there is no rational explanation of it.

Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.

True salvation is freedom from negativity, and above all from past and future as a psychological need.

Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.

It is always easy to be logical. It is almost impossible to be logical to the bitter end.

There's only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that's common sense.

A 'multicultural society' is a logical and physical impossibility.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

The ideals of technological culture remain underdeveloped and therefore outside of popular culture and the practical ideals of democracy. This is also why society as a whole has no control over technological developments. And this is one of the gravest threats to democracy in the near future. It is, then, imperative to develop a democratic technological culture.

Far more quickly than reason and logic, irony can penetrate rage and puncture self-pity.

Calculus works by making visible the infinitesimally small.

The human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor.

Kurt Godel's achievement in modern logic is singular and monumental - indeed it is more than a monument, it is a landmark which will remain visible far in space and time. ... The subject of logic has certainly completely changed its nature and possibilities with Godel's achievement.

When I was in school, I was beaten every 30 minutes. It never did me any harm except for some psychological mal-adjustments and blurred vision.

If logic itself is created rather than being inborn, it follows that the first task of education is to form reasoning.

Logic is a poor model of cause and effect.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read.

Reason can wrestle and overthrow terror.

Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.