What happened to logic in America?

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   Stump Parrishposted 8 years ago

   What happened to logic in America?
   
   How does someone with no scientific training look at proven scientific facts and say, that's wrong based on the irrefutable fact that I choose to believe it's wrong?

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   James Agbogunposted 8 years ago

   Sometimes sentiments rather than fact dictates the inclination of humans.You don't expect a man who depends solely on exploration of coal for his livelyhood to support a ban on coal exploration activity simply because they say it polutes the environment. No matter how true the facts are, people will be more interested in protecting thier primary comfort than accepting a fact that may threaten it.

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   ptosisposted 8 years ago

   
   
   US society promotes ignorance .. and the lack of education is NOT accidental. "Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave."
   — Lord Brougham

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   Dr. Amiliaposted 8 years ago

   Well, logic died and was reborn as being illogical.

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   Genna Eastposted 8 years ago

   Excellent question.  Unfortunately, we see this in other areas as well.  People react emotionally, rather than logically because emotion outweighs logic.  Logic appears to be dissipating slowly, and uncomfortably I might add.   In relationship to science, we see knee-jerk reactions to science because people simply don’t trust it, or it presents a condition or event that is either uncomfortable or negates a belief.

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   crankaliciousposted 8 years ago

   One person's logic is another person's bible quote.

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