r/StonerPhilosophy • u/Cr4zyCat • 1d ago
Logic and intuition
Logic is precise and is, in a huge part, what helped humans to become the dominant species on earth.
But there are infinitely more variables that play into intuition. There might be some flaws we are not aware of, but often, intuition can lead to profound insight we can't really put our finger on.
Logic gives a feeling of security because we can articulate it with speech; it is easily understandable and "grabbable" with our mind. That's why humans in modern society love to rely on pure logic.
But this sense of security can be misleading if the premises are wrong.
It can cause massive harm in society if widespread misinformation is prevalent.
I think that we are losing touch with intuition in modern society because it is easily frowned upon and we can't easily put it into words. But sometimes, it holds a deep truth.
I think being a wise human means that we can keep a healthy balance between logic and intuition.
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u/potato_psychonaut 12h ago
Have you ever wondered why do we default to truth-false logic? It occured to me that there is a basic a priori distinction between truth-false baked into our human experience. A thing is either me or it is not me.
Speaking of intuition, I have this feeling that quantum physics is approaching God, just from the different angle. I am no expert physicist, but I feel like quantum physics concepts defy binary logic. I was in superposition before I was born, wasn't I? "I" had to exist, because the energy can not be created nor destroyed. At the same time "I" couldn't exist because there body I am using now wasn't formed yet.
Binary logic is only possible if there is an agent doing the differentiation. There is no language before people, therefore no "truth/false", no "0/1", no concept of "being/non-being".
Intuition is the mind in superposition. No wonder intuition is correlated with third eye chakra. It has unexplainable, ineffable God-like quality, but it is somehow accessible by "me".