Why mind at all?

In our last post, we left off with a big question: Could logic itself be a clue, pointing us toward something—or someone—bigger? Let’s explore that idea further.

We use logic every day without even realizing it. When we cross a busy street, we rely on reasoning to decide when it’s safe to walk. When we solve a problem at work, we use logic to analyze the situation and find solutions. Logic feels like second nature—just part of how the world works. But why is it so reliable?

Let’s dig into this question. Logic isn’t just a set of rules we made up. It’s more like something we discovered. Things like the law of non-contradiction—“Thing X cannot be both X and not X at the same time and in the same sense”—aren’t inventions. We invented the wheel and the smartphone. Logic is something we discovered… by using logic! Some things just aren’t inventions or conventions. They’re observations about how reality works. They exist independently of us.

And here’s the fascinating part: Logic doesn’t change. It applies everywhere, always. Whether you’re on Earth, the Moon, or Mars, 2 + 2 will always equal 4. The fact that logic is universal and timeless means it couldn’t have evolved. Evolution is a process rooted in time and change, but logic is beyond time. It’s immaterial, consistent, and unchanging.

So where does it come from?

The Clue in the Consistency

Everywhere we look, the natural world operates according to consistent principles. Gravity always pulls objects toward one another. Under standard atmospheric conditions, water freezes at 32°F, and we can forecast the shift in water’s freezing point due to changes in things like pressure and impurities. These laws of nature seem to reflect an underlying order—an order that logic makes sense of for us. But here’s a key insight: order isn’t self-explanatory. It doesn’t just “happen.”

Imagine you stumble upon a perfectly constructed sandcastle on the beach. You wouldn’t assume the wind and waves randomly shaped it that way. You’d naturally conclude that someone built it. In the same way, the consistency of logic and the order of the universe suggest a source behind them—something that accounts for their existence.

And that brings us back to our earlier question: Could logic itself point to a mind behind the universe?

Why a Mind?

Here’s where things get interesting. Logic is fundamentally about relationships: cause and effect, premises and conclusions. It’s a process that takes place in minds—yours, mine, or anyone else’s. It’s not something that can exist in a purely physical, material way.

So if logic requires a mind to be experienced and understood, doesn’t it make sense that logic itself might originate from a mind? Not just any mind, but one that is timeless, unchanging, and capable of creating the very structure of reality. 

The consistency and universality of logic point us toward a mind that is consistent and universal. It would have to be a mind like no other: not limited by time, space, or human frailty.

We’re not drawing final conclusions yet, but the clues keep pointing in one direction. Could the unchanging nature of logic reflect the nature of its source? If so, what kind of source are we really dealing with?

We’ll dive deeper into these questions in the next post. Stay tuned as we keep exploring the foundations of everything we think we know! (Next Entry ->)