Thibadeau Law of Cognitive Computation

With Experimental Evidence

Here is the law I am proposing.

For all Predications Communicated between Brains, there are Induced Intuited Predications I(t) and Logically Deduced Predications L(t) that are intended or judged cognitively as Lies (-1.00), Truth (1.00), or Uncertain (0.00), in a range [-1.00..0.00..1.00] at time t. When I(t) = L(t) as a Predication and Truth value, then,

∫ I(t) dt < ∫ L(t) dt

It is always true that Induced intuitions are computed for generation and perception more rapidly than Logical deductions for the successfully communicated predication where truth is assigned. This is because Intuitions require no logical or rational proof and the brain most directly computes intuitions from brain information content memory in a single step while logic requires multiple brain computation steps any of which may sequentially combine Inductive Intuition Predications or Deductive Logic Predications.

The seminal experiment confirming this hypothesized law was developed in my 1976 Ph.D. Dissertation on memory for causal relations within and between sentences. The short Abstract that I wrote in 1976 summarizes the critical set of experiments in human recognition memory that make the case for the law: