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Re:Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit thei... by jffhn on Sunday February 02, 2020 @03:21AM (#22215852)
>logic as you conceive it is incomplete

Don't we all know that at least since Gödel.

>very obvious axioms, like excluded middle

I don't consider it something obvious. If you read Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamaka-Karik, you might even consider it something inappropriate.

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Re:Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit thei... by tathougies on Monday February 03, 2020 @12:38AM (#22221689)
> I don't consider it something obvious.

Then that puts you in the minority of those using 'logic' when arguing about non-mathematical things. By and large, most lines of reasoning engaged in those attempting to be 'rational' rests on excluded middle.

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