A discussion on the differences between Torah and Western logic.
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We're trained >> [music] >> in a Western linear thought system, which means one track, one problem, one solution. [music] Or even if there are multiple solutions, but the thought track is singular. Torah teaches you [music] that there's never ever a singular thought track. There are multiple lines. And each time you skip a line, you see the same thing from a different perspective, and then the [music] same thing from a different perspective. This is a much more accurate way of relating to life. Because each of us has our own intellectual position, emotional
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