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Law of Fluid Logic

The principle that logic itself is fluid—not a fixed system but a flowing process that changes with context, culture, and time. Under this law, what counts as logical in one setting may be illogical in another, and the boundaries between logical systems are permeable, with ideas and methods flowing between them. Fluid logic doesn't reject rigor; it recognizes that rigor itself is culturally defined, that standards of proof shift, that validity is historically situated. It's the logic of adaptability, of context-sensitivity, of the recognition that reasoning well means reasoning appropriately for your situation, not according to abstract rules that claim universality.
Example: "He tried to apply formal logic to his grandmother's wisdom, finding it full of contradictions and leaps. Then he encountered the law of fluid logic and realized she was using a different logic—one suited to a lifetime of experience, to oral tradition, to practical survival. Her logic flowed where his froze. Both worked in their contexts. He started listening instead of correcting."
by AbzuInExile February 16, 2026
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