“Logic is the enemy”
I love my logic. I can’t think of anything ever that was illogical. Even if it was really really stupid, it’s logic that makes up the giant mechanical gears that keep the Earth spinning.
So naturally when I came across this curious quote, I tried to logic it out (I would). Analyzed it. Which is exactly the reason this quote disagreed with me for a while.
I get it now. Sure… clever, calculated quips make for good comebacks and have great comedic value. But what is so much funnier is the things we don’t think about. Didn’t even mean to say; they just slipped out, like a little toot when we laugh too hard. Those natural reactions are so gruesomely genuine and such a fruitful breeding ground for comedy, creativity,… anything.
This also parallels with an old Camus quote I stayed hung up on from high school:
“You cannot create experience; you must undergo it.”
It’s like that old analogy of learning to ride a bike. You can read about it. Your daddy can tell you what that bike’s gonna be like. But until you sit up on that spongy seat and man those wobbly handlebars yourself, you’re not going to have a clue. You can’t think about not thinking, you just gotta not think! (Not unlike the game).
So that’s it. Don’t think, just do. Several connections later, I hereby declare war on logic. You won’t get it until you get it. And then you’ll get it :D
I wonder if this is what Al Gore was talking about.
What say you?