On many homepages that people in modern western culture associate with when starting to browse the internet, people can create a custom layout where they can add anything they want, weather, news, games, links, and more. On my laptop, I chose google.com and added brain teasers, riddles, puzzle, etc that are supplied by the site brainden.com. By refreshing the page, a new puzzle, riddle, or teaser appears.
Recently, when I logged on, I decided to take an attempt at solving a post where the questioner asked, "When can the following be true? 0 / 0 = 1, yes, read as zero divided by zero equals one!" In this attempt, I realized that the mathematician ability of my personality took over by automatically using mathematic logic to solve. I concluded that there was no answer and the poster was incorrect. Without using any units, that was how I came to the conclusion, but hesitantly I clicked the 'solution' button where the poster claimed
"finally the solution: dBm is a unit to measure absolute Power, x dBm = 10*log(X^10e+3), where X is power in Watts. Thus, 1 mw (milli Watt) = 10e-3 W = 10 * log(1) dBm = 0 dBm Now, 0 (in dBm) / 0 (in dBm) = 1 (but Obvious). So fellas, spot any fallacies?"
Realizing that there wasn't a particular way of solving an equation that automatically (logically) fits uncertain, I now know that knowledge has to be seen from different perspectives and not from a single point of view. In this case, a person couldn't simply state that 0 divide 0 equals 1 because that is commonly the first assumption that is made. A person must think outside the box or have more information to guide their thinking to follow suit with others.
Using my theory of thinking, if I were to repeat a similar problem, I would need to know all the possible parameters regarding the question. In this particular case, I wouldn't of known about the measurements of Watts, this would lead me to the same conclusion, unless I were to converge with a person with the knowledge of electricity to solve the problem. The ending result would conclude that utilizing human skills of understanding, possible logical conclusions can be created without the chance of creating a fallacious close.
My theory for thinking about knowledge relates to the power-point Quinn assigned. On slide 11, "in inference, you start with one or more propositions which have been accepted; you then use those propositions to arrive at a new proposition." Using logic to understand all the possible concepts of knowledge and the facts, the speaker fallacious facts and would eventually conclude with a 'sound argument'. Using this format of thinking, when the topic is fully understood by proposals made by other parties which are proven to be sound facts, you can use those proposals to generate a suitable conclusion.
Brain Den SKALE's Post Question:
http://brainden.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=212
Slide 11 PP Logic and Fallacies:
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