Logic as Arbiter of Truth

[Whit]

     Well, yes, he was. When that was suggested he argued that he was breaking it down to specific movements on the game, not the overall match.
     He was working off a specific plan and reflex. I was just working off reflex. I didn't need to know all the stats, I learned through cause and effect. I couldn't logicaly explain why I won. I didn't see that it was necessary. He could explain, in great detail, every movement and the reason for it. All that did for him was cost a lot of quarters. This being said, he was pretty damn good at the game. I was just better.
     My point was linked to what UT said earlier.

logic and reason are the good tools we have to work stuff out, but we completely lack the understanding of so much that we usually mess it up even when we think we've gotten it right.

     I've always thought the best response to these people that want to question how we know we exist is to smack them in the head. Existence will become apparent to them quickly when they are in pain, and fear more of it. It's silly bullshit. As I said, mental masterbation.
     At some point you have to work with the info you have, and to hell with what you don't know. Logic must be tempered with reason or it can be in the way as much as it can help. And reason is relative, so in everday life you've got a lot of balls in the air. Tough. Do the best you can with what you have, hope for the best and plan for the worst.