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The Geometry of Rationality

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Some-one once said to me Logic is the Geometry of Thought. I was initially blown away by the written sequence, then when the initial euphoria had died down and the adrenaline had worn off, the smile began to fade.... "Logic is the Geometry of Thought"..? I began to ponder on the above statement.... For starters, what is "Logic"? Secondly, what is "Thought"? Well, they seem to be cut out of the same cloth. Logic can be said to be in the Senior Management Division of the Mental Organisation called Thought. What is Geometry? This ingredient that seems to spice up boring old thought and transforms it in-to an exciting genre of the Mental called Logic. Well, Geometry is a mathematical term implying a shape, configuration or arrangement or a relation-ship between lines, angles, solids and their properties. Ok, fair enough. Mathematics and all of its sub-entities fall under Logic some-what. We can basically say Mathematics is a mental excursion br...

The Consequence of Thought

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How exactly is thought defined? Do we define it as an intangible reality or do we say it's the feeding of stimuli in-to the machinery that consists our five external senses(sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing) and our one internal sense(Reasoning) which is then processed bu our brain(external) and our mind(internal). What exactly is THOUGHT? What exactly is the difference between brain-dead and one who doesn't process information properly?