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2.20
The use of color in the logic/logos debate
 
  One of the stranger discussions about the debate between A or B vs A and B to some degree, is the comparative use of colour to describe the difference.  
  Supporters of logic say that logic can be described as a quest to define what is "black" and "white". In this classic argument, good/true is white and bad/false is black.  
  This use of white and black imagery is powerful, for it ties into the argument of absolutes- life/death, day/night, summer/winter. In contrast, multi-valence (A and B to some degree) is described as a mixture of black and white ( grey).  
  Our law makers, our politicians, our traditional religious teachers are all regular exponents of the colour example of defining and justifying the various positions such as "there are only two choices. the choices are black and white, or the facts are in black and white.."  
  However, instead of generally positive and irrefutable images associated with white/black definition, grey is seen as representing blurred, muddy, uncertain thinking; chaotic = defective, not perfect. In other words, the colour descriptions used by supporters of logic to describe the differences, for some reason seem to favour logic over logos.  
2.20.1 Is there any perfect example of pure black or white in the Universe?  
  The funny thing is that once we step out of the theoretical world of using colours to describe arguments of logic and into the "real" world of science, we discover that in fact there are no perfect examples of pure black or white existing anywhere in nature.  
  In effect, every hue, every object, every dot on a newspaper, or a printed page is a composite of black and white to some degree- or grey. The very grey, that logicians accuse multi-valence of being.  
2.20.2 Logos and colour  
  Instead of viewing Logos as grey, let us consider the idea that Logos is a beautiful mix of all the possibilities between pure black and white- namely colour. That composites of ideas of a writer, or a poet can be compared to the palette of a painter - word pictures that with the right phrase, with a certain mix of ideas can paint a landscape as colorful as any Van Gogh.  
  That the world of grey is the denying of the existence and beauty of composites- that everything is a matter of degree- that there are no absolute truths, no absolute falsities- that the origin is the paradox- the paradox of creation.  
  From now on, instead of using the black/white versus grey analogy, we define logic as being grey- a grey world that separates, that isolates and that denies the common sense before our eyes, versus the rich, colorful full mosaic of Logos- of multi-valence- where every colour is possible.  
2.20.3 The rules of classification  
  As strange as the language associated with Logos may appear on first reading, Logos is vital in understanding that the very heart of the model of Unique Collective Awareness is inclusive.  
  "Nothing is absolute. Everything is a matter of degree" implies that every theory we have discussed and will discuss possesses an element of truth. Every science, every religion has an element of truth.  
  This means that every thought of humanity from the very beginning until now has value. Logos empowers us to see that we no longer need to view ideas doing battle for validity.  
  What we are looking for is the common thread of all truth in everything, not a new idea that supercedes or replaces important current thoughts. Muslim, Christian, Mormon, Jew, Hindu are all correct to some degree. The issue may be viewed as either the similarities or the differences.  
     
 
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