had a dream where, through a series of internally consistent, utterly convincing logical steps, I was able to prove that I was not dreaming
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Logical proof and error detection requires both of its parts : proven premises and careful deduction to be correct all along the way
Completely missing the point, which is that logic itself is suspect
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No I did not miss the point I am fully aware that sleight of mind is so easy
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Just pointing out the distinction between logical reasoning (deriving new conclusions from other solid facts) & solid facts both fallible
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Becoming aware during a dream the flimsiness of ones own logical process is awesome self awareness
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There is a illustrative folk tale: mother tired of kid asking one more story one more story as she is putting the kid to sleep...
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Tells a total nonsensical story and kid simply enjoys without detecting that it is nonsensical
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Logic itself was created to safeguard against the shifting grounds approach to thinking where we switch contexts and derive pathologically
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So will paraphrase Einstein "compared to reality what we learn through logic is so absymally small but that is the most precious we got"
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