Spiral Logic IV Spiral Debate: Introduction

Why Should Debate Be Spiral?

Introduction:  The Case for Spiral Debate

The day of straight logic is over. Life is non-linear.

Syllogism works as long as logic works.

(All dogs are animals; all animals have four legs; therefore all dogs have four legs.)

Is the following deductive logic also valid?

The Kodokan, my office, room can be cleaned more effectively by more members according to the law of the division of labor.

Three members can clean it three-times faster -- more effectively.

Therefore, one hundred members can do it one-hundred times quicker – thus more effectively.

Um.

The twenty-percent of employees do the job for the remaining eighty-percent of them, less competent. (The law of power)

To make an organization more effective, it’s logical to get twenty-percenters from various organizations and get them to work on a project.

Does the linear logic work?

Umm.