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【Villainess🪭】 Monday Lecture: What is a Syllogism?

―Why do people arrive at wrong conclusions with such confidence?―

The lecture hall that day
was unusually lacking in tension.

The words on the blackboard were just too ordinary.

“Syllogism”

Student A let their shoulders drop slightly.

“...Logic, huh?”
Student B nodded.
“The kind that makes you sleepy.”

Villainess Mandelia,
after confirming their reaction,
said quietly.

“Rest assured.
Today is not a ‘lecture to make you smarter’.”

A few people looked up.

“Today, we will observe
why people make mistakes so confidently.”
⸻

“A syllogism is

in this form.”
Three lines on the blackboard.

① Premise A

② Premise B
③ Conclusion
“It is a very beautiful structure, isn't it?”

She closes her fan.

“And,

very dangerous.”
Student C frowns.

“Dangerous, you say?”

“Yes.


The reason a syllogism is dangerous is because‘even if the conclusion is wrong,
the logic still holds up’.”
”The classroom goes quiet.

⸻

“I will give you an example.”

Mandelia reads calmly.

“① People who work hard succeed.

② I am working hard.
③ Therefore, I will succeed.”
The students

nod unconsciously.
“Now, a question.”

A beat.

“Where is the mistake?”

Silence.

Student A, timidly.

“...②?”

“No.”

Student B.

“①... perhaps?”

“Close.”

Mandelia

drew a line on the blackboard.
“

The mistake is that① is being treated as an
‘absolute condition’.”
”A stir.



“‘People who work hard succeed’ isan observation result,
not a law.”
“But,

the moment you throw it into a syllogism—
She points to ③ with her fan.

“In the person's mind,

success becomes a certainty.”
Student C mutters.

“...That's why people break down.”

Mandelia

nodded slightly.
⸻

“Next example.”

She adds to the blackboard.

① People who say things that get them disliked are cold.

② That person said something harsh.
③ Therefore, they are a cold person.
Some of the students

smile bitterly.
“You recognize this, don't you?”

Mandelia says.

“

A syllogism isextremely excellent as a device
to justify emotions.”
”⸻


“Remember this.”

Mandelia

lowers her voice slightly.


“What is scary about a syllogism isthat it ‘makes you feel like you've thought it through’.”
“

Without questioning the premise,believing only the conclusion.”
”A beat.

“People call this

‘logical’.”
Student D smiles bitterly.

“Then,

should we not use syllogisms...?”
“No.”

An immediate answer.

“Precisely because you use them,

you must doubt them.”
She writes the last line on the blackboard.

・Is the premise a fact?

・Are you ignoring exceptions?
・Are you just wanting the conclusion?
⸻

Mandelia

said while heading toward the door.
“A syllogism is

not a shortcut to thinking.”
Her heels click.

“

It is a tool to exposethe moments when your thinking is cutting corners.”
”Without stopping, she continues.

“

The more confident the conclusion,the more you should first doubt the premise.”
”The sound of her heels

fades into the hallway.
In the lecture hall,

a silence remained that made one want to take a step back and think
the next time someone makes a definitive statement.
⸻

Thank you for reading until the end!

Syllogisms can certainly lead to a cessation of thought, can't they?

And,doubting the premise can lead to new ideasas well.

Did you all notice any examples of incorrect syllogisms you use in daily life? Please let me know in the comments section!

The text on the blackboard in the thumbnail is garbled, but it's a syllogism, haha.
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