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Logic means two things: “Reasoned thinking” and “a strict set of rules for proving things”

When someone wants to disagree, it’s easy to just sub out the definitions and say something isn’t logical because it doesn’t follow formal methods.

Believing what someone says because they’re well-respected about a topic isn’t strict, but it’s really useful.



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