“It’s logical, but logic has nothing to do with reality.” Logic is the art or
skill of non-contradictory identification. Logic has a single law, the Law of
Identity, and its various corollaries. If logic has nothing to do with reality,
it means that the Law of Identity is inapplicable to reality. If so, then: a.
things are not what they are; b. things can be and not be at the same time, in
the same respect, i.e., reality is made up of contradictions. If so, by what
means did anyone discover it? By illogical means. (This last is for sure.) The
purpose of that notion is crudely obvious. Its actual meaning is not: “Logic
has nothing to do with reality,” but: “I, the speaker, have nothing to do with
logic (or with reality).” When people use that catch phrase, they mean either:
“It’s logical, but I don’t choose to be logical” or: “It’s logical, but people
are not logical, they don’t think—and I intend to pander to their
irrationality.”