The Logic Is Correct: Yuh, I Felt That One in My Nuggets!

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I recently listened to conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson interviewing German banking and development economist Richard Werner. Even if you don’t typically appreciate Carlson or his perspective, I invite you to consider that Werner stated when discussing bankers:

Mathematics is logic, and the logic is correct. And here’s the trick, here’s the great deception. We like logic. Men like logic. People like logic. Logic is convincing to us, and so convincing that we forget one small, but fundamental, issue.

Logic is not truth. ‘Well, hang on, why is that? Well, if it’s logical, it must be true.’ No. There’s, there’s a difference. Logic can only ever tell us about theoretical possibilities, but never tell us about what is true and what is not true. That’s an empirical question. Logic is not empirical.

It’s not evidence-based. Whether something is true or not, whether something happened or not, it’s always evidence-based. You have to check the evidence. That’s the inductive approach, whereas logic is mathematics. You know, mathematics is logic.

Um, and, and it usually is used, um, consist… correctly, consistently. Therefore, you’ve got consistent logic. That’s why it’s so convincing! But the conclusion doesn’t tell you that you should do this.

When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I inform people of a similar view as voiced by Werner. Specifically, I invite people to consider use of thoughts and beliefs which are rational (in accordance with both logic and reason).

Here, “logic” is the interrelation or sequence of facts or events when seen as inevitable or predictable, and “reason” is a statement offered in explanation or justification. For instance, a modus ponens syllogism uses the following logical form: If p, then q; p; therefore, q.

To provide an adequate example, it may be useful to know that when I was an amateur photographer I sometimes used the technique of double exposure (overlaying an image on a previously exposed film, either deliberately or accidentally) that resulted in a vanishing effect.

If one uses the double exposure technique (p), then the subject of the photograph will literally disappear (q). One uses the double exposure technique (p). Therefore, the subject of the photograph will literally disappear (q).

Although this proposition follows logical form, I argue that the proposal isn’t reasonable, because a vanishing effect doesn’t mean that the subject of a photograph literally disappears. Thus, I consider this syllogistic belief as that relating to irrationality.

Nevertheless, the logic is correct. Still, it doesn’t represent truth (the body of real things, events, and facts). This consideration is what Werner appears to have advocated. When hearing the economist articulate his position, I was reminded of a video I recently discovered from TikTok.

For context, Molly Dugan is an educator who makes social media content. Regarding one of her videos, in which she described humorous things her former middle school students stated, she said, “A student got the answer right and yelled, ‘Yuuuh, I felt that one in my nuggets!”

For clarity, “yuh” is urban slang for excitedly expressed approval, like saying “yes” or “yeah.” As an example, on rapper Pouya’s song “Yuh” (2016) he stated, “She think I’m disgusting but who cares? Yuh!” Likewise, “nuggets” is urban slang for testicles.

Given this background information, I thought of the student’s expression quoted by Dugan when Werner described how logic can be correct while simultaneously not representing truth. In particular, the student that Dugan quoted properly expressed having “felt” the right answer.

On the topic of feelings, I often find it valuable to clarify what this element represents in regard to the construct of beliefs. This is because people generally misuse this term. However, Dugan’s student didn’t!

A “feeling” relates to either: 1. Emotion (i.e., joy, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust, surprise, etc.) or 2. Sensation (e.g., tingling in the testicles). If the word “feel” (or any derivative thereof) can be replaced with “hunch,” “thought,” or “belief” (or any derivative thereof), it’s not a feeling.

Thus, it’s improper to say something along the lines of “I feel like you’re not listening to me,” because what one typically intends on communicating is “I believe that you’re not listening to me.” All the same, when Dugan’s student gave the correct answer, the individual felt a sensation.

This is a proper expression of feelings-based language! Ergo, when Werner correctly stated that logic doesn’t necessarily represent truth, my beliefs about his statement resulted in an emotion (e.g., joy) and sensation (e.g., tingling in the testicles). Yuh, I felt that one in my nuggets!

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Deric Hollings, LPC, LCSW

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