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"I Think, Therefore I Am" — I Think This Proposition is Wrong

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I think that "I think, therefore I am"
is a wrong proposition

(Of course, you could also say this is a translation issue from the start)
because thought is not something I can intend
For an ordinary person, in an ordinary state, it's a domain that's hard to control

Instead, I can reason
But reasoning time is limited, and its accuracy or depth is also unspecified and limited

Animals and plants — not just humans — can reason
Of course, not to the same degree as humans
But this relative gap alone seems insufficient to distinguish humans from animals


This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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