Logic is genius..?

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Has anyone ever looked into logic to see how smart many of us are?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic


I say we are many geniuses?!?

I didn't even understand most of the words.

I'm better at common sense than I am at logic. When I was doing e-training for work the other day I found the common sense questions easy but I failed the more logical questions.

The common sense questions were like "what would the first thing you would do if you discover a fire in the workplace?" - the correct answer was "raise the alarm", which I knew. The logic questions usually involved math or science of some sort, which always threw me. So I had to note down the logical answers in order to remember them when I done the test.

So, no, I'm not very logical at all.

I thought logic would be,

Get out.
Get to fire assembly point
(Where there should be an alarm...)
Raise alarm

And what’s the point of fire extinguishers?

Math is a different field. Logical, but so is science...and there are no science questions.

The use of logic can look like genius, but that's because it is rare, not because it takes a high IQ. It is a way of thinking that facilitates progress, just like arranging your kitchen in a "logical" way makes it easier to cook. For many years, I expected other people to notice the corollaries of what they were saying, but they were generally too distracted.

What's the use of logic without sufficient data?
Or worse, unable to obtain or interpret said data on the right context in spite of having a lot of data.

What's the use of logic, if one's scope of awareness and knowledge is too small, too narrow, or just myopic?
Unable to draw the bigger picture, because of one's cognitive limits?

What's the use of logic, if someone cannot retrieve the data even having it?



I know logic.
But I also know it's limits.
Along with my own, when relying on it.

And the fact not all people are built for it. Nor are nurtured in that direction.

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Edna3362

Data and wisdom are not logic....you can also be interested in something as small as a pen, and sell them. You could invent a pen that works underwater or a pen for NASA.

Input, data is where learning comes in, like an interest you are logical about...




Joe90

You are right I’m just laughing at overthinking the test.
It depends on the size of fire, the area, whether other people have seen it.
If other people wrote to ‘sound the alarm’ I’m getting out...fast.

At my dad's office, a live cigarette butt had gotten into a waste paper basket and started a fire. Someone quickly opened a binder and used it to cover the basket, snuffing the flames. Then a new guy came in, and asked why he smelled smoke. Dad explained, adding "It happens all the time."
This did not seem to reassure the visitor at all, and he kept asking more questions about it. Then he introduced himself as the Fire Inspector.

"We were learning what to think instead of how."
- "Think For Yourself" by Jon Sirkis

When I install a home fire extinguisher, I put it near the door. If you want to fight the fire, you start with a safe path to retreat.