# Is an excluded middle just how people think?

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**Created:** [August 27, 2012, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-excluded-middle-just-how-people-think/632799 "2012-08-27T08:53:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-excluded-middle-just-how-people-think/632799/21 "2012-08-31T21:25:32Z")

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> [@YogSosoth](#):
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> Punch this person in the face

“Oh, I’m sorry. I heard you say you watched boxing that one time, so I assumed you’re just in favor of people getting punched in all circumstances.”

Most people have a pretty tenuous grasp on logic and don’t really apply reason to how they think at all. I’ve been routinely surprised by how little people seem to think critically about their own ideas, let alone the ideas of others.

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