Logic & Senses

A = A. This is the first law of logic, the law of identity. When something is X, it is always X. If a chicken all of sudden were a duck, we would be shocked. Not only would be shocked, but we would be unable to do anything. We would have no control. The law of identity gives us control over nature by saying that whatever something is, it must be.

We keep this logic intact despite overwhelming contradiction from our senses. Children become adults, caterpillars change into butterflies, candles melt into a puddle of wax and a house emerges from an arrangement of wood and glass.