Is logic the art of going wrong with confidence?

Answer 1

It is and it isn't. Logic, in and of itself, gives no guarantee as to the validity of the premises. It only guarantees the logical conclusion that may be drawn from them because logic is a process.

Answer 2

Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.
Joseph Wood Krutch

Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.
Elbert Hubbard

It is always better to say right out what you think without trying to prove anything much: for all our proofs are only variations of our opinions, and the contrary-minded listen neither to one nor the other.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.
James Harvey Robinson

Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.
Benjamin Jowett

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.
Lord Dunsany

He was in Logic a great critic,
Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;
He could distinguish, and divide
A hair 'twixt south and south-west side.

Samuel Butler, Hudibras.

We must beware of needless innovations, especially when guided by logic.
Sir Winston Churchill, Reply, House of Commons, Dec. 17, 1942.

...logic, the refuge of fools. The pedant and the priest have always been the most expert of logicians—and the most diligent disseminators of nonsense and worse.
H. L. Mencken. The American Mercury. p. 75.

Answer 3

Logic is making an informed decision, while being confident that your decision is correct. If it is wrong, then the original logic must be corrected to reflect the new conclusion/outcome.

Answer 4

No. It's reasoning based on cause and effect and assumption. Logic is one of the best things someone can take as a class, honestly.

Answer 5

Logic is traditionally thought to be a discipline, as opposed to an art. However, it can be whatever you wish it to be.

It can even be something as inane as your question if you choose to define it thus.

Answer 6

No! the Devil made logic so he can confuse people to go to the store and crack them on the head. The Devil is not great. People should do good things like I do when I read Science fiction to my rabbits. You can also hug rabbits because that is good, too, and people being good makes the Earth great!

Answer 7

The Art Of Being Wrong

Answer 8

That saying is more religious brainwashing. They are opposed to logic because nothing they say or do is logical.

Answer 9

No!...wat u mean now is that, logic must produce sth wrong.
Intricate fallacy

Answer 10

No, it's the science of going right with evidence.