On Knowledge and Logic

And suddenly I realize why Andy is right. One cannot be blamed for a mistake in knowledge, but one can be blamed for a mistake in judgement. Knowledge is the accumulation of truth through trial. Judgement is the preemptive knowledge derived from logic. If a man says, "The sun will rise tomorrow because it has always been that way," he is making a knowledge-claim. If the same man states that "The earth will rotate enough to encounter the sun's rays periodically," he is making a judgement. When a man makes a false knowledge claim, he has not experienced that knowledge. But if a man makes a false judgement, he is making the gravest of errors: he is saying that 2 + 2 = 5. To subvert logic is to deny existence and to deny the self. When another person makes a false judgement, it is your duty to correct their error, for to let their false logic exist is to allow untruth into both their life and your own. It hurts your sense of reality when another man's reality is false. Whenever Andy and I get into an argument, it is usually over a false knowledge claim. However, the scariest arguments are the logical arguments, because there is one winner and one loser. In a knowledge argument, both will win because the truth will become clear to both. In a argument of logic, one will succeed in establishing reality, the other will deny it. Learn this crucial difference and you will succeed.