Leave Logic at the Door

What is logic? Most people would say that it is a science that deals with the principles and criteria of validity of inference and demonstration or the science of the formal principles of reasoning.

At least, that's what it said on the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary website.

To me, it is that funny little word that so many people love to throw around when they are arguing with you. They use it in funny little phrases such as:

"Well, if you think about it logically," or, "But your logic does not make any sense, " or my personal favorite, "But if we look at the situation logically."

Any of these phrases ring a bell?

If they do then I definitely feel your pain as my entire time in college has been marked by this one little word.

If this is logic then you can count me out. It looks like third graders fighting over a football game at recess anymore.

It turns into a big fight where people are either hurt or disappointed. Sometimes, friendships are tossed down the drain. Also, after the event or argument occurs, some of us feel the need to explain why we feel the way we do in order to better the situation.

When did our personal beliefs have to be explained like a song on American Bandstand? Well, I like Galileo's philosophy because it has a good beat but you can't dance to it so I'll give it an 85.

Anymore, logic is starting to turn into the "endless bickering of college students who would rather argue to prove their point in person or online in hopes of putting off their homework just a little while longer."

Never be ashamed of who you are and how you feel because no matter how much more research one person has done than you they will never be able to experience what you have experienced in your life.

The things that we go through in life are what make us who we are today. There is no amount of "logic" that could ever change my mind on that.