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Brian Glass, Abigail Abacus, and Cleo Redding were hanging out at Cleo’s house one afternoon.

Abigail was experimenting with logic puzzles. Logic is a special way of thinking. She was interested in learning more about logic because math is based on logic and math is her favorite subject.

Her first logic puzzle was if A = B and if B = C, then A = C.

She wondered if logic could help her better understand the Universe. She began to think about the ocean. Then she thought about computers. Computers are based on logic. Some people believe logic can explain everything in the Universe, but she did not believe this.

“Logic is a human invention,” Abigail said. “Logic says one thing must follow from another. It does not explain things that are spontaneous and disconnected. It does not explain things that are beyond human intelligence. Logic tries to organize all of life into neat, connected pieces of information. If the Universe is limited like this, the result can’t be the truth.”

“You don’t believe in logic?” Cleo asked her.

“I believe in logic because humans invented it, but I do not believe it is the answer for everything. It is not how the Universe works,” Abigail said. “The problem with logic is always, what if the premise is wrong? What if A was never really equal to B and what if B was not really equal to C? The other problem with logic is life is like a sea and logic is like a file cabinet. You cannot put the ocean into file folders. Logic forces things to be what they may not really be. Logic also only considers what can be analyzed with the five senses and the world involves way more than our five senses.

“Logic is the wrong tool for understanding this Universe. It is funny anyone would even try to use something as step-by-step as logic to understand this mysterious, vast Universe. This Universe does not follow the rules of logic. It has its own set of rules that humans are not even aware of.”

“What makes you so sure?” Cleo asked her.

“Well, if you go outside and look up at all the stars and planets and you hold up this logic puzzle, you can see how ridiculous it is to explain all that is up there with this little piece of paper.”

“So, you’re saying it’s just logical that you can’t explain everything with logic?” Cleo asked her.

“Pretty much,” Abigail responded. “It’s just logical that logic is not the answer for everything.”

Brian Glass continued drawing a picture of a glass marble. He did not comment on anything. One thing was for sure. Brian was not sure of anything at all. He did like playing with glass marbles though.

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