Why should ANYTHING go right; even observation and deduction? Why shou…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Why should ANYTHING go right; even observation and deduction? Why should not good logic be as misleading as bad logic? They are both movements in the brain of a bewildered ape? ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.22, Simon and Schuster
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Why should ANYTHING go right; even observation and deduction? Why should not good logic be as misleading as bad logic? They are both movements in the brain of a bewildered ape? ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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