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Logic is silly. Or at least basing your life solely on it. Aside from the fact that you are leaving the emotional other half behind, you can't even see objectivity "objectively" better, than that one ironically.
In a quick way, there's an easy way to see this. Facts are percieved by our own senses and dissected by our mind. And senses are full of flaws. A blind person doesn't know what reality looks like visually, to put it bluntly. Alcohol and other substances alter different senses, and chemicals can make us believe we smell something that isn't there. This shows how easily the senses can be manipulated.
So, as many people say, your red color is different from mine. But I think you can apply this fact on a larger scale. Of course, I'm not basing my claim that your reality is completely different from mine on anything, as it can't be proven in any way. Is this a Probatio diabolica?
For the sake of the script, we'll leave it in a gray area. And in that gray area, it lets us play with all sorts of ideas. So, to claim that being rational is our goal has no... proof, lmao.
So fuck Elon Musk. A technocratic government based on logic is an insult to human emotions, to the art of feeling. I'm fucking serious, I don't want an AI as a waiter. Not the biggest fan of the word "clanker" but that man makes me want to yell it on his ear. And this is not something political anymore.
Ya can't replace humanity with fucking clankers.
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PL9050
I find that I'm likely misunderstanding your proposal in some way, but I partially disagree. I agree that logic shouldn't be the end of any task (though I also question what holding logic as an end even means). Logic is the only method of reason we should use to achieve an end though. That's not to say logic and emotion are dichotomic; you mention that the senses are often times misleading, but the emotions are, too, a sense. It's a matter of using one's emotions as a sense utilized by reason, rather than the method of reasoning themselves.
I agree that the modern technology promoted by Musk (and most post-enlightenment technology, for that matter) is a blight on humanity, that should be avoided in a healthy society.
What I'm saying may be too extreme and may abruptly eliminate any need for logic. Generally speaking, it's perhaps too unstable an approach.
I don't remember what I should have said in this blog, but I think I missed something that you're right about: emotions are perceived by the senses too. But they are a different kind of sense than those of the logic. The senses that allow us to gather information from the outside are exteroceptive. Perhaps I was mistaken in my approach. Logic itself is not wrong, rather it is the information we perceive that could be manipulated by our senses.
The point I wanted to make, basically, is that those who are logical fanatics are just as valid as those who are emotional (In a larger scheme, nothing lol), and that there really isn't a distinction between the two sides, other than how we analyse the information that we got.
They're both equally manipulable, so basically, live with whoever you want. I have gone more to the emotional level out of simple appreciation for the environment.
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Remor
Your opinion consoles me. The concept of logic is too elastic, for some it is an analysis without taking into account emotions, for others it is the same scenario, connected only with precision. I think logic has long become a single part with emotions during decision-making. The point is only what logic is for you.
Of course, that's the key. How each person considers logic. One would consider working with both parts: the emotional aspect, that is, how you receive information and impulses, and the mental (or logical, haha) aspect, how you break down the information and how you relate it to what you've learned, to be the most balanced. Unfortunately, there are those who neglect the first aspect because it's personal; it focuses on what you feel, when the very act of analyzing it through what you've learned is also personal. Honestly, I can't help but feel more drawn to emotions, as I believe this more personal nature allows for variety and, therefore, art.
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