by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n
This is dangerous – I am splitting a blog post into two parts. Hang in there with me.<\/p>\n
People are not always logical. That bothers logical engineers like me to no end. There is a mathematical and logical method to prove the non-logical behavior of people. That math helps me understand the how and why of the way people behave and how I can behave with them.<\/p>\n
Part 1 of this blog post discusses the math and logic. Part 2 of this blog post discusses how people reflect this.<\/p>\n
This is all based on something called implication<\/em><\/strong>. Implication basically states that if we accept something that is FALSE, we can prove anything. Yikes.<\/p>\n Below is the truth table for implication: (the symbols “A => B” is read “A implies B”)<\/p>\n Case …… A …… B …… A => B<\/p>\n 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 false\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 false\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 true<\/p>\n 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 false\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 true\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 true<\/p>\n 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 true\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 false\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 false<\/p>\n 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 true\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 true\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 true<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Start with Case 3 as it is simple. Let A be the statement “1=1” which is TRUE. Let B be the statement “3=3” which is also TRUE. In math, we can prove that “1=1” implies<\/em> “3=3”, i.e. A=>B is TRUE. Simply multiply both sides of “1=1” by 3 and we have “3=3”.<\/p>\n Next to Case 2. Let A be the statement “1=1”\u00a0 which is TRUE. Let B be the statement “2=3” which is FALSE. In math, we can prove that “1=1” does not imply<\/em> “2=3”, i,e, A=>B is FALSE.<\/p>\n Next to Case 1. Let A be the statement “1=2” which is FALSE. Let B be the statement “3=3” which is TRUE. We don’t have to go to math for any proofs because no matter how often or loudly we proclaim that “1=2”, we know that “3=3”. Hence, A=>B is TRUE.<\/p>\n Now to crazy Case 0 – the one that predicts human illogical behavior. Let A be the statement “1=2” which is FALSE. Let B be the statement “2=3” which is also FALSE. Using math, I can now prove that “2=3”, so A=>B is TRUE.<\/p>\n Here is the proof:<\/p>\n Statement A says that ———————– 1 = 2<\/p>\n Add 1 to both sides of the above and we have — 2 = 3<\/p><\/blockquote>\n A simple, one-step proof that “2=3”. See, a logical proof that validates illogical human behavior.<\/p>\n If I accept something that I know is FALSE, I can prove anything else that I know is FALSE<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Come back for Part 2 in which implication<\/em><\/strong> allows me to prove all sorts of nonsense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Dwayne Phillips This is dangerous – I am splitting a blog post into two parts. Hang in there with me. People are not always logical. That bothers logical engineers like me to no end. There is a mathematical and logical method to prove the non-logical behavior of people. That math helps me understand the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13,10,3],"tags":[130,136,133,126],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-judgment","category-logic","category-people","category-technology","tag-judgment","tag-logic","tag-people","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}