There’s only SEEING or NOT SEEING.
Failure of logic is the failure of seeing
There’s the reality — which is the way things are — and either you see it, or not.
When you’re making a logical error — it’s either that you didn’t see how things truly work (“bad logic”), or you’re losing clarity because your perception, your seeing, has became overwhelmed.
“Clarity” is a great word indeed. You will invariably lose clarity when surpassing certain level of complexity. We can only deal with so much data.
Furthermore — much is unknownable. And we become so used to nonsense speculations about unknowable — that we extend this low standard of truthfulness to other aspects of life. Our vision is blurry but we pretend to be making out concrete shapes.
But what is knowable, what can be seen, ought be seen for what it is.
How do you become “illogical”? How do you become “irrational”? You do that by refusing to see.
You obviously can’t ever see — can’t ever know reality — if you refuse to see.
But why would anyone refuse to see? Because seeing can be adverse to your ego. Because truth can be adverse to your ego
Ego seeks self preservation. That is the purpose of ego. Ego transcends your basic instincts and compels you to survive not merely short-term — but long term.
How is the truth adverse to ego? Ego is made out of your experiences and the subsequent thoughts. Once you experienced something and developed a belief about it — you are invariably biased in favour of that belief. Your ego wants that belief to survive.
Depending on how erroneous that belief is, your ego may still adjust. It can be at odds with your other beliefs and ideas and goals — and thus become naturally eliminated.
But it will only happen if it is to the greater benefit of your ego. Otherwise ego wants to retain that belief. Because it is programmed to achieve homeostasis. It is programmed to achieve a state which can be maintained — which is identical to survival — which is the imperative.
Thus ego will prevent you from seeing.
You will refuse to see what you don’t want to be true.
You will refuse to see what will invalidate your precious beliefs (confirmation bias, backfire effect, and many more).
“Logic” is not your friend.
Your problem is that of SEEING
Again: you being “illogical” is either you refusing to see (not seeing) — or your perception becoming overwhelmed (big data).
The latter shouldn’t really concern you. You don’t need to know everything. You only need to know HOW TO LIVE, WHAT IS RIGHT, and WHAT YOU’RE DOING HERE.
For that you need clarity — not more data.
For that you need to start seeing — rather then refusing to see.
DO address the problem of “bad logic” — i.e. your failure to see how things work.
It’s a terrible shame people can’t think, don’t understand scientific method, don’t understand logical fallacies and cognitive biases.
DO address the problem of “bad logic”, the ignorance of how things work in the world, on the most elementary, “logical” sense.
But after that — it’s time to address your own unwillingness to see
How to you transcend this innate animosity to truth?
You have to look deep within, and revisit the beliefs constituent of your ego
It’s a “spiritual” journey, clearly.
It’s you asking yourself “WHY”.
WHY do I believe this?
WHY do I dislike that?
WHY do I want this?
WHY did I think that?
WHY do i WANT TO BELIEVE THAT?
…and so on…
It starts with you.
Because seeing is part of you.
Not seeing is your problem.
You must fix your eyes.
Self-knowledge is obviously imperative.
It really is the key.
Please don’t take yourself for granted, learn who you truly are.
This is how you unravel the ego, and transcend it.
And this is how you learn to see.
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