逻辑的乐趣

Asharp,witty,mind-expandingandexuberantforayintotheworldoflogicwithcomputerscientistProfessorDaveCliff.Followinginthefootstepsoftheaward-winning'TheJoyofStats'anditssequel,'TailsYouWin-TheScienceofChance',thisfilmtakesviewersonanewrollercoasterridethroughphilosophy,maths,scienceandtechnology-allofwhich,underthebonnet,runonlogic.　　Wieldingthesamewitandwisdom,animationandgleefulnerderyasitspredecessors,thisfilmjourneysfromAristotletoAliceinWonderland,sci-fitosupercomputerstotellthefascinatingstoryofthequestforcertaintyandthefundamentalsofsoundreasoningitself.　　DaveCliff,professorofcomputerscienceandengineeringatBristolUniversity,isnoabstracttheoretician.15yearsagohecombinedlogicandabitofmathstowriteoneofthefirstcomputerprogramstooutperformhumansattradingstocksandshares.Givingawaythesoftwareforfree,hesays,wasnothismostlogicalmove...　　Withthehelpof25seven-year-olds,ProfessorCliffcreates,forthefirsttimeever,acomputermadeentirelyofchildren,runningonnothingbutlogic.Wealsomeettheworld'sbrainiestwhizz-kids,competingattheInternationalOlympiadofInformaticsinBrisbane,Australia.　　'TheJoyofLogic'alsohailslogic'sall-timeheroes:GeorgeBoolewhomovedlogicbeyondphilosophytomathematics;BertrandRussell,whotook360+pagesbutheroicallyprovedthat1+1=2;KurtGodel,whobroughtlogictoitskneesbydemonstratingthatsometruthsareunprovable;andAlanTuring,who,withwhatCliffcallsan'almostexquisiteparadox',wasinspiredbythishugesetbacktologictoconceivethecomputer.　　Ultimately,thefilmasks,canhumansreallystayahead?Couldtoday'sgenerationoflogicalcomputingmachinesbesmarterthanus?Whatdoesthattellusaboutourownbrains,andjusthow'logical'wereallyare...?

作为一个INFP型人格的人，再加上多年文科式学习的熏陶，与严谨的理科思维相去甚远，也曾被人谴责逻辑能力有待提升，遂来看了这部片子。

这部片子最初以一个冷笑话似的小事切入，后期逐渐引入逻辑学科的发展以及与数学、计算机等应用科学的关系。前面还是比较有趣的，后半部分更像是逻辑学推动计算机的应用，整体还是比较浅显易懂的，但是看完感觉这部片子改名为“逻辑学简史”或许更为适当。

逻辑是很精练、基础的，然而充满复杂系统的世界却可以用它去推理，每个人都在有意无意的使用逻辑，逻辑是人类运转的基础。印象比较深的还有“我们永远不可能拥有完全的、确定性的事实”这个悖论。